PROMETHEUS UNBOUND

Words by Jose F. Lacaba, 1973
Music by Dong Abay, 2015
Arranged by Armi Millare 
Engineered by Shinji Tanaka
Mixed by Malek Lopez
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Vocals by Dong Abay and Armi Millare
Piano by Armi Millare
Additional Instruments by Paolo Garcia and Malek Lopez
Produced by Erwin Romulo

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I shall never exchange my fetters for slavish servility. 
’Tis better to be chained to the rock than be bound to the service of Zeus.
--Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound

Mars shall glow tonight,
Artemis is out of sight.
Rust in the twilight sky
Colors a bloodshot eye,
Or shall I say that dust
Sunders the sleep of the just?

Hold fast to the gift of fire!
I am rage! I am wrath! I am ire!
The vulture sits on my rock,
Licks at the chains that mock
Emancipation’s breath,
Reeks of death, death, death.

Death shall not unclench me.
I am earth, wind, and sea!
Kisses bestow on the brave
That defy the damp of the grave
And strike the chill hand of
Death with the flaming sword of love.
Orion stirs. The vulture
Retreats from the hard, pure

Thrust of the spark that burns,
Unbounds, departs, returns
To pluck out of death’s fist
A god who dared to resist.

Prometheus Unbound

DONG ABAY