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Ballad of Our Hero

from Chapter IV: On Gilded Wing by Ego

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Act like he died
Make sure you cry
Sneak him off
While he's still alive....
Inside a cave:
Learn to be brave
In the wilderness and darkness,
He's got years to train...
And when he's grown
He'll take the throne
Beware of a stranger
With one sandal on!
Heracles and Atalanta
Argonauts are coming at ya
The boat's prow is enchanted
It's misty voice is incanting:
"Off to Salmydessus, off to Salmydessus!"

Phineas is hardly
In the mood to party
He's in the dumps
With a gang of harpies...
If you can fake it
Then you can make it
Safely through
The Symplegades!
Talk to that shifty
King Aeetes;
He's talking backwards,
But you get his meaning...
Killer bulls that breathe fire
Dragons teeth make zombie fighters
Shoot the hole and steal the fleece
Get the girl, head back to Greece:
You will be in love forever
Only gods can love forever!

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from Chapter IV: On Gilded Wing, released May 2, 2015

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Ego Chicago, Illinois

Ego is the long-standing collaboration of three Chicago natives who met in their teens and have been playing together since. They liken their music to a magical tree with punk roots, a rock n roll trunk, bluesy branches, noisey leaves, and psychadelic fruit. Ego also run a record label and studio, Maximum Pelt and DIY music venues (Ottoman Emipre, Wallys World). ... more

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