Blind and Gone: The Story of Oedipus

The story of Oedipus rapped to the song of Dead and Gone by TI and Justin Timberlake.
Lyrics

Ay, let me kick it to you right quick
Not some Homer stuff but some sophocles
Anyone who knows my tragic story
Im sure you feel the same way
A Stidham, this one's for you
Oh hey, Ive been traveling down this road too long
killed my father and wed my mom
the truth made me blind and gone
blind and Gone
And oh, hey, ive been trav down this road too long
It just seems like I dont belong
The truth made me blind and gone
Blind and gone

Ever had one of those wish you would of stayed at home
Running into a group of travelers who getting their hate on
I walk by, they get wrong, I reply, then stuff get blown
Way out of proportion way past dicussion
Just me against them, pick one rush them
Whod thought thered be a repercussion
I realize it was my dad gushin

Now I rushin from the junction
into Thebes and do my function
Spinx is there but I knew my line
The answer was man suddendly im grand
King of Thebes im lucky to be alive
Me as king the city thrives
But a famine spread with one solution, lauis murder in prosecution

I went to the prophet, misunderstood,
Tirisias wasnt lying, he was out there trying, to save me from a fate worth dying.
a runner came up to me with news
He said Polybus is dead,and with that my prophecys in shreads
He also made something else apparent
Polybus and Merope not my parents



Much more stress, im a mess,
still dont get it, got to know the truth
Behind my ugly youth just for my selffish sake
My sanity has left today
It seems im going in the fray
My fotrunes filled with dismay the new mes blind and gone away,

Oh hey, Ive been traveling down this road too long
killed my father and wed my mom
the truth made me blind and gone
blind and Gone
And hey ive been traveling down this road too long
It just seems like I cant stay strong
The truth made me blind and gone
Blind and gone

I used to never get scared, I lived through tragic situations could of been dead lookin back at it
But now the truth is getting closer
Each step forward more im tortured
Now the shepherd comes with truth in hand he knows my tragic story firsthand
I put him on the witness stand
Tell the whole truth I command

The Shepherd warns me of my fate
Ive been here so long I cannot wait
Thinkin the truth will set me free
But the shepherd seems to disagree
I made him talk, I stood in shock
I still feel the pain I felt that day
Who here thinks it will go away?
My life jumps into disarray

My mom was Jocasta, I wed her
My dad was Lauis, I killed him
Please no more I cried
But Jocasta commited suicide
Then Something inside me said alright
The life I see has become to bright
I rather would just see the night
So I rid myself of awful sight

Much more stress, now im blind
truth I find, truth that blinds
I realize now I had no say, my choice doent mean much anyway
My sanity has left today
It know im going in the fray
My fotrunes filled with dismay the new mes blind and gone away,

(Chorus in German)

I turn my head to the east, I dont see anything im blind,
I turn my head to the west, still nothing im blind,
So I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call pride
The truth made me blind and gone, but at least im still alive

Oh hey, Ive been travn down this road too long
killed my father and wed my mom
the truth made me blind and gone
blind and Gone
And oh, hey, Ive been traveling down this road too long,
It just seems like I dont belong
The truth made me blind and gone
Blind and gone

Ive learned many lessons walking down this lonely road but
you got to remember,
count no man happy till he dies, free at pain at last
Our work's done here, JT take us out

And oh, hey, Ive been traveling down this road too long
Killed my father and wed my mon
The truth made me blind and gone,
Blind and gone
An oh, hey, Ive been traveling down this road
ive been traveling too long
My filled with wrong
The truth made me blind and gone,
Blind and gone

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matt p: THIS IS SO TIGHT. you guys crushed it and Ferdinand just kicked it while it was down