[Verse 1]

There is an island you've never seen

There lives a woman as old as the trees

And I clawed my way through the waves

Just to have a look at her ancient face

[Chorus]

I said, "Bleed me dry, take the fear from my veins

Infuse them with poison, arm me with pain

Let every touch turn man to swine

So not even the gods can take what is mine"

I begged, "Choke my lungs, make me feel like I'll drown

So the air I breathe, I can breathe without

No cut and no kill can still my lips

I will never be carried over the Styx"

[Verse 2]

By her feet, I knelt in the sand

'Til she lifted me up with the touch of her hand

And though her eyes have seen centuries

I saw my own face staring at back at me

[Chorus]

I said, "Bleed me dry, take the fear from my veins

Infuse them with poison, arm me with pain

Let every touch turn man to swine

So not even the gods can take what is mine"

I begged, "Choke my lungs, make me feel like I'll drown

So the air I breathe, I can breathe without

No cut and no kill can still my lips

I will never be carried over the Styx"

[Bridge]

Call me hateful, but don't twist my words

I'm hateful because I fear the world

The story of mine is not black nor white

It just depends on if you're telling it right

And I can't sit out the storm

Pretend I'm not here at all

I would rather drown in these waves

Than drown in the pretense of being safe

[Chorus]

Bleed me dry, take the fear from my veins

Infuse them with poison, arm me with pain

Let every touch turn man to swine

So not even the gods can take what is mine

I begged, choke my lungs, make me feel like I'll drown

So the air I breathe, I can breathe without

No cut and no kill can still my lips

I will never be carried over the Styx