Hell or High Water

[PARIS]
Here I'll stand
Ready to face you
Man to man
I have no rights to redeem
But beg you to understand

I honour you as my king
But she holds my heart now
For all time
So please don't make me defy you
'Cause nothing can change my mind

For all my life
You taught me to fight
For the one thing
That something
I really believe in

My dream, my cause, my promise
My battle worth dying for

Come hell or high water
Nothing's gonna keep us apart
Bring it on
Hell or high water
I have the strength of my heart
And nothing's gonna stop us

[CASSANDRA]
Still my warnings are in vain
That a love can cause such pain

[HECUBA]
Son

[PARIS]
So keep your condescending looks

[HECUBA & PRIAM]
You divide us as a nation

[PARIS]
Words alone won't hurt me now

[HECUBA & PRIAM]
Taking chances with our lives

[PARIS]
Nothing you can say or do

[HECUBA & PRIAM]
Undeterred, you torment Trojans

[PARIS]
Only death can part us now

[HECUBA & PRIAM]
And Greeks alike

[PARIS]
I love her
I believe she loves me
If I spend the rest of my life
On my knees

[TROJANS]
How dare you talk about our lives like you own them

[PARIS]
My conscience is free

[TROJANS]
Don't talk about the truth like you wrote it

[PARIS]
So don't pass judgement on me

[TROJANS]
You talk about dreams like you've got

[PARIS]
I'm gonna fight

[TROJANS]
Some kind of monopoly

[PARIS]
For the one thing I really believe in

[TROJANS]
Liar! Cheat!
You treat your people like dirt at your feet
Sneak! Bitch!
Go find another young fool to bewitch
Slut! Whore!
You bring the enemy right to our door
Damned! Insane!
You take the chances and leave us the pain
Sacrificing life for love is just insane

Fools! Thieves!
You test our loyalty beyond belief
Snake! Leech!
You bring insanity within our reach
Frauds! Fakes!
We're left to suffer for all your mistakes
Scabs! Scum!
Destroy our nation by all you have done
You exceed the rights of leadership for love

[MALE TROJANS, FEMALE TROJANS]
You have, no right to gamble
You don't, expect the Greeks
With our hopes, and our lives
To turn away from such an affront to their pride
You surely can't deny
And now we have to pay the price
There's much to justify

[PARIS]
I don't believe this charade!

[HECTOR]
Oh, what bravery I've found
Trojan courage knows no bounds
Your spirit will amaze the gods
Against such overwhelming odds
As one Greek woman on her own

[TROJANS]
Slut! Whore!
You bring the enemy right to our door
You're full of lies! Cheats!
You treat your people like dirt at your feet
No more than fools! Thieves!
You test our loyalty beyond belief
Conceited frauds! Fakes!
We're left to suffer for all your mistakes

You abuse our trust
You have no god-given right
So now we have to suffer
To sacrifice our lives
Consequences we despise
For your love!

[PARIS & HELEN, TROJANS]
You know we're going to make it
Come hell or high water
A destiny that crosses over borders
Love that has no sense of order
Burning all the bridges come hell or high water
Throws away our chance to forge a peace
Running from enemies who lust for slaughter
Our hopes are gone
In our haste to warn you
So
Come hell or high water
You dispossess us of our dreams
You choose to blame us for their evil orders!
And the lives of fathers, sons and brothers
So they set their sights on destruction and slaughter
Fall, in pursuit of sheer insanity, we're forced to fight a war

[PARIS]
Swear we're gonna make it
Come hell or high water

So we welcome you so willingly to Troy...

[HELEN]
You can't expect them to be joyous
At the prospect of a war

[CASSANDRA]
You have shattered all their dreams of peace

[PARIS]
I'll not abandon you to their hate

[HELEN]
I've become the object
Of such bitterness and fear

[PARIS]
This torment isn't yours alone

[HELEN, HECTOR]
If I stay
You're caught between your heart
If I leave
And home

[PARIS & HELEN, TROJANS]
Either way
We're heading for revenge come hell or high water
Hell or high water
A dream of peace turned to relentless slaughter
With ardent passion, they destroy us all
Ravaged by a hatred that will offer no quarter
Hell or high water
Destroy a nation for a favourite daughter
So we face it all

[ALL]
Come hell or high water
A dream of peace turned to desperate slaughter
Ravaged by a hatred that will offer no quarter[?]
We've got to face it all
Come hell or high water

[FEMALE TROJANS]
Hell or high water

[PARIS & HELEN]
Hell or high water

[FEMALE TROJANS]
There's bound to be a war

[PARIS & HELEN]
Hell or high water!

[TROJANS]
This wretched deed will plant the seed
There's bound to be a war