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I See Fire (Agamemnon)

from Through Another's Eyes - EP by Jeremy Francoeur

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This tells the story of Agamemnon through the perspective of Clytemnestra. I thought the play didn't focus enough on the grief for her daughter and how it led her to what she did.

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You said there’d be a wedding
I didn’t even get a funeral
I made a home in our bedding
But you were never full

She was silent when it was done
Mouth full of silky things
The kind that I spun
You loved how she used to sing

In the silence
I see the fires
After ten years there’s a break of day
In the silence
I see the fires
And I’ve got something to say

Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone's gotta pay

Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone's gotta pay
And there’s no better fit than you

I don’t care what you thought it’d do
Spilled bad blood only strengthens roots oh
This is the bed I made for you
There’s no such thing as blameless truth
Follow the trail of pillage and find the proof oh
This is the web I made for you

When the ships drew near
Rolled away from the man I was screwing
I called out your name so all could hear
Rolled out the purple carpet for the true king

Doesn’t dried blood look so similar?
Or have you never seen a rolling skull?
What would a better man do if he were the victor?
Can’t you pretend, puff your chest up full?

But you were always hungry, hungry
Just like your daddy
Always hungry, hungry
Just like your daddy sweetie
Hungry, angry,
Just like your daddy
Who needs everything
More than a king?

I see fire
I see fire
I see fire
I see fire

Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay

Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
Someone’s gotta pay
And there’s no better fit than you

I don’t care what you thought it’d do
Spilled bad blood only strengthens roots oh
This is the bed I made for you
There’s no such thing as blameless truth
Follow the trail of pillage and find the proof oh
This is the web I made for you
Hell hath three furies, and they’re women scorned
Every god screams out that you’re woman born
But I’m no man who’s after you
Pour three out when your body’s found
Dedicate the last to the Zeus of the underground oh
This the web you made for you

Cassie is out there screaming
But she’ll never be believed
Cassie is out there screaming
Isn’t it like a woman to grieve oh
Cassie is out there screaming
But she’ll never be believed
Isn’t it like a woman
Like a woman
Like a woman
Like a woman

You’ve never liked a woman
Cared for a woman
Blood spilling
Fabric killing
We’ll wash you clean of all your sins
If you’ll just let me pull you in
Ensnared in all the lies you spin
You had it all but I still win

I see fire
I see fire
I see fire
I see fire

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from Through Another's Eyes - EP, track released January 26, 2022

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Jeremy Francoeur Boston, Massachusetts

I'm a student creating indie electropop and singer-songwriter music. Thanks for stopping by!

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