Thyresias
A.N.A.E.L. Lyrics
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Perceived the scene, and foretold the rest
I, too awaited the expected guest.
He, the young man, arrives.
After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
Prison, place.
And I Thyresias have foresuffered all
Enacted on this same grave or bed
I, who have sat by Thebes below the wall
And walked among the lowest of the dead
In "Thyresias," A.N.A.E.L. is drawing inspiration from T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land. The singer in the song is Thyresias, an ancient Greek prophet who is blind and has both male and female bodies at different points in his life. In the opening lines, he introduces himself as an old man with wrinkled breasts and predicts what is about to happen. He has seen it all before and has experienced the same things the young man who is about to arrive will experience.
The second stanza describes what has already happened: "the torchlight red on sweaty faces," "the frosty silence in the gardens," "the agony in stony places," and the "shout and the crying." These are all elements of a chaotic and violent event that has taken place, leading to the young man's imprisonment.
Line by Line Meaning
I, Thyresias, Old man with wrinkled dugs
I, a wizened old man with sagging breasts, am Thyresias.
Perceived the scene, and foretold the rest
I was able to see what was coming before it happened, and I prophesized what was to come next.
I, too awaited the expected guest.
I was also anticipating the arrival of the young man.
He, the young man, arrives.
The youthful man we were looking forward to has finally shown up.
After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
Following the red glow of torches on perspiring faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
Subsequent to the frigid stillness experienced in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
After the pain felt in the harsh, unyielding environment
The shout and the crying
The clamor and weeping
Prison, place.
Where we are is like a place of confinement.
And I Thyresias have foresuffered all
I, Thyresias, have experienced all of this suffering beforehand.
Enacted on this same grave or bed
This same grave or bed has seen me undergo all of this.
I, who have sat by Thebes below the wall
I, who sat by the wall below the city of Thebes,
And walked among the lowest of the dead
And have even mingled with the most wretched of the deceased.
Contributed by Cooper R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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