Lyrics

“Someday we will all go blind”

“What goes on four legs, then two, then three?”
That’s what the Sphinx riddled to me
Had it been better to eaten be
Than to be crowned the ruler of Thebes?
“Take the throne!”
“Claim the Queen!”
This outcast was coronated
“Can’t escape the prophecy!”
Let the Chorus tell of my great fall

“He was the victim of a cruel and unusual fate
Though he knew not what he did, he blinded himself just the same
Should you fear and pity him, we beg of you, please do think twice
Someday you may see the world through Oedipus’s eyes”

“Someday we will all go blind”

Wretchedness reigns over young and old
A plague upon every household
If I’m this villain that was foretold
How did poison and cure interfold?
“Slayed the King!”
“Laid the Queen!”
Patricidal motherfucker
“You fulfilled the prophecy!”
Come on, Chorus, tell of my great fall

“He was the victim of a cruel and unusual fate
Though he knew not what he did, he blinded himself just the same
Should you fear and pity him, we beg of you, please do think twice
Someday you may see the world through Oedipus’s eyes“

Come my children—come on everyone
Come my children—come on, take the cup
Come my children—come on everyone
Come my children
Come drink the blood from Oedipus’s eyes

Should you fear and pity him, we beg of you, please do think twice
Someday you may see the world through Oedipus’s eyes