Perfect Stranger
Jon English & Sheila Parker & John Parr
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Please, your majesty, he seems barely alive
So little chance of survival
Surely it would be kinder
If he had been taken at sea
And should king Menelaus find out
Are we gods to decide
If he lives or dies? (Well, you know he'd be angry)
We'll do what we can (Please, your majesty)
After all he's just a man
I am trying to listen (But I'll be in trouble-)
I can feel a heart beating
It's a miracle that he survived so long in the storm
But what can we do?
Go fetch the fisherman, we need his help (Yes, ma'am)
We must keep him warm
Somehow I'm sure
I've seen him before
I've no idea how this could be
Some perfect stranger
Why does he seem so familiar to me?
Just like I told you he's here
Some perfect stranger
Maybe my imagination's fooling me
Foolish me
Your majesty, please forgive me
I'm not convinced this is right
Last evening I sighted a galley
Searching through the night
And I swear that her colours were Trojan
And now we find
From out of nowhere, this poor wretched thing from the sea (Oh, he's)
Some perfect stranger (Oh, but he looks so young)
Yes, but any Trojan could be an enemy
I don't know what just possessed me to come to this place
Oh, but surely not he
Here's some perfect stranger
It's been so long since we've been here so why today?
Why today?
Aphrodite, it's true
Here you are
I finally meet you face to face
I must be at heaven's door
And you are worth dying for
This death feels strange
Somehow I breathe and still feel pain
But I gave you the sun and now I claim my reward
Will you stay by me? Aphrodite, sweet Aphrodite
I always knew, you'd come for me, I always knew
You jump to conclusions, my friend, you are no more dead than I
Fate shows you favour, we were merely passing by
But why when you fought so hard to live, should you wish to die?
There are not many other who'd survive
Such a battle with the wide รgean tide
It's lucky we were near, lucky we were here
Strange that I was
Here you are
I finally meet you face to face
Out of the past and into this lonely place
He has no idea who I am
I think he raves, mistress Helen
I'm sure he isn't from Greece
He called you goddess, didn't he?
And you shouldn't be here
He called out a name meant for me
I don't think that he'll die
I still think he's a spy (For me?)
I don't really know why
Yet I just answered
He seems so innocent (He is no innocent)
Why should I do that when (Lonely and helpless)
He's some perfect stranger (He could mean danger, this stranger)
Think of the danger
He sees me as someone that I cannot possibly be
(He sees you as someone that you cannot possibly be)
(As an old friend, meaning no disrespect, majesty)
Yet I feel that I know him
(Remember that you're the queen and he's some stranger)
He's some perfect stranger
Help him, care for him, until he's well