[Intro]
Zeus’s wrath
(I wouldn’t laugh)
The wrath
(For chained death)
[Verse 1]
About the god’s daughter
(The nymph Aegina)
Perhaps you’d have not, a…
(Done what you aught, a…)
[Bridge]
God Zeus!
(Set your wrath loose)
[Chorus]
The wrath
(For chained death)
Do the math
(Mortal’s total)
[Verse 2]
The reign of divine rules
(Rain on all the fools)
The death wish…
(Of your hubris)
[Bridge]
Such is this
God Zeus!
(Set your wrath loose)
[Chorus]
The wrath
(For chained death)
Do the math
(Mortal’s total)
[Outro]
Such is this
(A bath) in wrath
To infinity
(For all eternity)
God Zeus!
(Ties your own noose)
Zeus’s wrath
(I wouldn’t laugh)
ABOUT THE SONG
Sisyphus reveals Zeus’s abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus, thereby incurring Zeus’s wrath.
Sisyphus betrayed Zeus by revealing that the king of gods had abducted the nymph Aegina, daughter of the river god Asopus. In exchange for this information, which Sisyphus witnessed, he secured an eternal spring for his city, Corinth. This act of betrayal against Zeus contributed to Sisyphus’, ultimate, eternal punishment.
Sisyphus incurred Zeus’s wrath by violating “divine rules.” Sisyphus acted with extreme hubris, thinking himself smarter than the gods. He not only betrayed Zeus’s secrets but also chained Thanatos (Death), causing a period where no mortals could die.
The Eternal Punishment: Zeus sentenced him to a “Sisyphean task” in Tartarus—a repetitive, pointless, and exhausting labor of rolling a rock up a hill for eternity.
From the album “Sisyphus“