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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Intro:
Welcome back, punks and rebels, you're listening to Radio Free Ilium, broadcasting whenever we can on
whatever
frequencies we can hack. Let's start with a song for the haters out there who, uh, polish Olympian Spears.
The government may say he's a crook, but we know who the real crooks are.
You all know this one: it's Prometheus by TLS!
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Verse 1:
Five years into the Ilium war the city built a firewall
That cut us from their urban sprawl and kept the signal out
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The barricades they’d tried and failed, their green recruits our men had nailed
But without the wireless beat of life we were finally cut off
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Bridge:
But then one man broke through
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Found a way to aid our righteous coup
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Chorus:
Prometheus, the hero who let us hold off the horde
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Prometheus, who proved the keyboard’s mightier than the sword
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Prometheus, he gave his life to keep our spirits strong
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When we pass into the Acheron We’ll be singing out his song
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Instrumental:
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Verse 2:
Our homes were burned and blighted shells their military had overwhelmed
The movements of their soldiers now were veiled beyond our sight
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Without a word he gave us all the data that could bring their fall
He didn’t ask for accolades and didn’t name a price
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Bridge:
He gave us hope, on that night
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The lonely chance that kept us in the fight
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Chorus:
Prometheus, the hero who let us hold off the horde
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Prometheus, who proved the keyboard’s mightier than the sword
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Prometheus, he gave his life to keep our spirits strong
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When we pass into the Acheron We’ll be singing out his song
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Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
After what he did, Olympus couldn’t turn a blind eye
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They’d lost so many soldiers he surely had to die
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They snatched him from his lair before he said his last goodbye
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And they cracked down on his followers and set his world alight
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Bridge:
But the legacy he left us means the gods we will defy
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And even as our homeland dies we scream his battle cry!
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Chorus:
Prometheus, the hero who let us hold off the horde
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Prometheus, who proved the keyboard’s mightier than the sword
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Prometheus, he gave his life to keep our spirits strong
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When we pass into the Acheron We’ll be singing out his song
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