Medea's Melody Part II (Demo)

Medea's Melody Part II (Demo) from Primordius (A Mythology Concept Demo EP) Cover Art by Quinn Hoffmann An original song by Tape and Tears, inspired by "12 Medea to Jason" as told in Heroides by Ovid. Oh curse it remains, Oh curse it remains! My companion of what love I had for you Oh curse it remains, Oh curse it remains! You should have killed me after you survived “Take pity upon me,” Medea’s mercy I bequeathed, my protection wasn’t one to gain improperly You came out a man of great, O Mighty Jason’s your new weight and now I, seen through your eyes, come off barbaric, lacking shame “In your hands lies the decision whether we live or die” as you clasped your hand on mine, I saw tears in your eyes They had their part to play, gave you the Fleece to take unscathed, betrayed my father and soiled my good name A woman, now a criminal, doing harm on your behalf Jason’s special girl, abandoned in Aeson’s home The wedding song played a mournful death march, my interpretation of the way you threw me and our sons away My heart’s all encased in ice, stricken with fear at our demise Our boys cheered for you and your bride as I beat my breast until I felt the bone Oh curse it remains, Oh curse it remains! My companion of what love I had for you Oh curse it remains, Oh curse it remains! You should have killed me after you survived If I mean nothing to you now look to our boys, our kin of two, they look far too much like you, golden locks like Fleece and you Each time I look upon them too, tears fall from my eyes, Jason you are my request did I not earn you and our bed? I kept you alive and well, you repay me as an ingrate from Hell Great are the threats with which my anger is pregnant, where my anger leads I shall follow Perhaps I will regret my actions but a mistress now embraces the limbs I once saved and she enjoys the fruits of my labor I’m sure you’ll invent new slurs against my looks and my behavior, let her laugh and take pleasure in my faults I’m sure she’ll befall victim, they say poison is my weapon but you wield it so well Protector of men, men poisoned Medea, now she has nothing to lose or hold Might I remind the hero Jason that I am clay you did mold to be your ever-loving wife, Medea, I was clay To be your ever-loving wife, Medea, I was clay Oh curse it remains, Oh curse it remains! My companion of what love I had for you Oh curse it remains, Oh curse it remains! You should have killed me after you survived Why didn’t you kill me after you survived? Why didn’t you kill me after you survived?