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[PARIS, spoken]
Helen, look, Troy

[HELMSMAN]
Starboard hard
Starboard hard
Land ho
Get back

[Chorus]
No sweeter song than the call of your home and
No better sight than the shores of your home
Drink in the air of our heart on repeat
Feel the embraces as of one of your own

No sweeter song than the call of your home and
No better sight than the shores of your home
Drink in the air of our heart on repeat
Feel the embraces as of one of your own

No sweeter song than the call of your home and
No better sight than the shores of your homе
Drink in the air of our heart on repеat
Feel the embraces as of one of your own

[PRIAM, spoken]
Paris, welcome home, my son
I trust the mission went well
You must surely have some stories to tell

[PARIS, spoken]
Well, father ...

[PRIAM, spoken]
Yes, my son

[PARIS, spoken]
When I met the Greek kings

[PRIAM, spoken]
Yes?

[PARIS, spoken]
They …. when I tried to explain our position

[PRIAM, spoken]
Speak up lad

[AENEAS, spoken]
Your Highness

[PRIAM, spoken]
What is it?

[AENEAS, spoken]
I think what Paris is trying to say is that … when we reach the Greek shores

[PRIAM]
Paris, is what you've done so awfully bad?
Have you driven our neighbors mad?
Did you use such eloquence to lore them
Or did you just go there
And bore them?

[HECTOR]
Ah, I can see you didn't waste your time
You must surely have succeeded
Far beyond our expectations
To be back home so soon
With such a charming envoy

[HELEN]
I hate to ruin your mood of celebration
But there's a cloud of danger that threatens you
Your hopes of trade have been waylaid
You dreams of peace are shattered too
Many kings are gathered now in Sparta
Searching for excuses to war
Agamemnon of Mycenae called the council
Long before your mission left this shores

[HECTOR]
Well, dear lady
We have not been introduced
But it's plain to see, my brother seems to know you
Tell me
What are the tidbits of useful information
That your Greek masters decided that they could throw you

[HELEN]
I've seen with my own eyes, sir
No need to patronize, sir
Agamemnon is to call all of Greece to arms
One spark can light the fire
That will eclipse your ember - Oh
Any fool can see
(spoken)
The catalyst is me

[HECUBA]
Young lady
If all that you say is true
A great battle will soon be fought

[HECTOR, spoken]
But who are you
To be confined in too
All the workings and scheming
Of Agamemnon’s court?

[CASSANDRA]
I know her
I've seen her
This woman isn't all she seems
Though her face be the stuff of dreams
She's the bane of every Trojans mother’s breath
Call her horror
Call her death

[HECTOR]
(spoken)
Death?
Oh by the gods
(sung)
I've had enough of omens and warnings
Why is everybody talking in riddles this morning?
Paris

[PARIS, spoken]
Yes?

[HECTOR, spoken]
Who the hell is she?

[PARIS]
When I was drowning she led my ashore
When I was in prison it was (prison?)
She finally freed me
Called to the anger of those who would kill me (kill you?)
Sacrificed her throne to sheperd me to safety (I don’t understand)
A princess of music
A goddess of state (goddess?)
A glorious exile who challenge its fate (Paris?)
Spilling Greek blood
To affect my escape (what?)
I owe her my life and I offer it gladly

[HECUBA, spoken]
Paris, what is her name

[HELEN, spoken]
My name is Helen
Wife to Menelaus
King of Sparta

[HECTOR]
Let me get this straight
Paris, you never cease to amaze
You only been gone for what?
Four days
But in that time you managed
To destroy all hopes of a trade breakthrough
And not only that
But now you say
You fell in love with their queen
So you stole her away, right
Much to the distress of some powerful Greeks
Well, look on the bright side, father
At least he didn’t stay for a week
Ah ah ah
Oh Paris
We should've known better

[PRIAM]
I see no cause for amusement at all
You challenged their leader
Dishonor'd us all
Such blatant theft
No king can condone
The seeds of war
So recklessly sought
Take her back, damn it
Now

[PARIS, spoken]
No, father
Never