"Ganymede" genre: Pop Vocals
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	Jazz pop. Lots of vocals -- great harmonies. This is the best thing I've ever done -- it's a mythological vision about one of the lesser known Greek myths. This is for all the boys in this world who have ever been robbed of their childhood. I speak for those with no voice. And it's pronounced GAN-uh-meed.
	CD: Ganymede   Label: NMA Credits: (c) 2003 D. Byron Patterson. All Rights Reserved.
	Story Behind the Song I was re-reading some mythology one day (great source for ideas) -- and I rediscovered the tale of Ganymede, the mortal boy with whom Zeus fell in love. There are a few varieties to the legend, so I chose the one that I found most disturbing, and then I added flavors of my own. Zeus disguised himself as an eagle and kidnapped Ganymede for his youthful beauty. Zeus made him immortal and forced him to be his lover. Ganymede became the Olympian Cup-Bearer (or water-bearer), also known as Aquarius. The song is a metaphor -- and should be seen as a warning to anyone who refuses to acknowledge the importance of protecting our children from the monsters in this world. Lyrics Ganymede The gods on Olympus were sleeping that night When Ganymede stood by the river Would he fall down? Or maybe he'd drown While Diana's moon made a sliver And oh, he's crying He La... Zues woke to hear all the tears from below As Ganymede swam in the river No wishing well Could cast such a spell And oh, how that boy made him shiver Now he's dying He La... The god fell in love with The boy on the shore The river caught Ganymede dreaming From so far away The legends all say He swept away Ganymede screaming Hush, can't you feel we're flying? He La Nobody knows He La What this could feel like Hey La They won't remember your name Ganymede lifted the cup to the lips Of the god who had cursed him With immortal strains The beautiful boy Broken down while he grips To the chalice filled from his veins Hey La Ganymede crept from his prison one night And ran to the edge of the river He wept in the tide With arms open wide Ganymede threw himself in And he drown And he drown He drown And he drown And he drown Hey La Nobody knows Hey La What this could feel like Hey La You will all know my name Hey La Nobody knows Hey La What this could feel like Hey La Please, remember my name I'm not far away from the god in me

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