Briseis' Flight lyrics
BRISEIS
My good lord, my apologies for crossing you
You can name any consequence--I will bow to you
But I swear that I caused nothing
AGAMEMNON
Quit this stalling, quit this blushing
BRISEIS
Yes, my lord
My good lord, is there something that you want from me?
AGAMEMNON
You disgrace me to my men and now you’re taunting me?
BRISEIS
While I cannot change the past, I
Swear to zeus that it’s the last time
I’ll offend
IPHIS
I was never known for my reverence
AGAMEMNON
Pursue her
IPHIS
But I pray that our gods are generous
AJAX
We can’t, sir
DIOMEDE
‘Cause it’s almost like she’s changing
IPHIS & DIOMEDE
Like the wind becomes her wings and
How she flies
IPHIS & DIOMEDE] [CAPTIVES
Then the faraway man calls, “Briseis” Ahh…
AGAMEMNON
Briseis!
IPHIS & DIOMEDE
Where we stand, we can see the shores of Tenedos
Hope is rising up to meet her
She is flying towards her freedom
Towards the sky
DIOMEDE
And there’s none who could have touched her then. Not one
IPHIS
But a boy who had to be his father’s son
PYRRHUS
And I pray that her gods are generous
