We stopped to take on water on a long laconic shore Broken and defeated by the searing scars of war When through the dusty darkness we glimpsed a glowing flame And soon the mild-eyed melancholy Lotus Eaters came And they said: Why the struggle? Watch the trees They don't have to toil to drop their fruit or shed their leaves What's to fight for? All will fall Mountains will crumble, time will claim the strongest city walls After all You're with the Lotus Eaters now No need to worry how the world spins round No need to keep your head out of the clouds Why cling to hope of homeward bound? 'Cause here we've all you need, the Lotus leaves Will send you on a slumber sweet and sound So stick around Stop! Wake up! You're dead behind the eyes We haven't reached our home and there are battles still to fight What happened to the spark that fear and fury would ignite? I've lost you to the Lotus and its languid little lies Stop! Wake up! You're dead behind the eyes We haven't reached our home and there are battles still to fight What happened to the spark that fear and fury would ignite? I've lost you to the Lotus and its languid little lies Let us stay here What will last? Nothing but fractured fragments of the dark and dreadful past What's to fight for? All will fall Well, I say better to make a stand than stranded with no hope at all As they call You're with the Lotus Eaters now No need to worry how the world spins round No need to keep your head out of the clouds Why cling to hope of homeward bound? 'Cause here we've all you need The Lotus leaves will send you on a slumber sweet and sound So stick around You're with the Lotus Eaters now No need to worry how the world spins round No need to keep your head out of the clouds Why cling to hope of homeward bound? 'Cause here we've all you need The Lotus leaves will send you on a slumber sweet and sound So stick around World forgive me, I'm so tired I searched inside me but the spark of fury had expired It transpired I'm with the Lotus Eaters now No need to worry now, though I'm not proud Let others make the world keep spinning round Forget the life you left behind Before the Lotus drives it from my mind I'll leave these words for followers to find Don't get entwined You'll lose your mind