IPHIGENIA: Young women, let us sing to the glory of Artemis, daughter of Zeus! Let the men of Achaea remain in reverent silence. Prepare the baskets, the barley, and the fire. Let my father begin his walk around the altar, going left to right. For I will bring glory to my country and shelter it from harm.
(She slips out of her mask, runs downstage, and sings)
I’ll start by saying goodbye
As I lead you with my throat
CHORUS
Everything grinds into earth
IPHIGENIA
Mixing reason with lies
CHORUS
There’s no such thing as rebirth
IPHIGENIA
In the blood of a murdered, blood of a murdered
Scapegoat
CHORUS
What is life worth, what is life—
What is a life really worth
IPHIGENIA
There’s no you there’s no I
Just the altar on which we lie
CHORUS
Show me a nation that’s failed
IPHIGENIA
The end that you fear
CHORUS
I’ll show you ships that have sailed
IPHIGENIA
Is already here
Has always been here
CHORUS
What is life worth, what is life worth, what is life—
What is a life really worth
IPHIGENIA
See thru the clouds, past the sun thru the sky
Lashed to the ground an eye for an eye
CHORUS
See thru the clouds, past the sun thru the sky
Lashed to the ground an eye for an eye
IPHIGENIA
What is life worth, what is life worth, what is life…
Lyrics copyright Aldo Perez