THE BITTER SUITE: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY Music Composed by: JOSEPH LoDUCA Lyrics by JOSEPH LoDUCA, PAMELA PHILLIPS OLAND and DENNIS SPIEGEL . Whats Still Unwritten
Callisto
Xena be warned, Xena beware
By closing your eyes you can see what isn' t there
Xena be calm, open your eyes
Lies may be truth and truth may be lies Fate is a wheel, it will reveal
All you've become, all that you feel Destiny knows what has to be
You'll pay the price, nothing is free I'll be your guide, take the hand of your muse
You just might lose your way in the Land of Illusia Illusia is music, a world built on rhyme
It's carved out of space in the absence of time
You've tasted how evil and good coexist,
The bitter and sweet of it White Dog
All in the lips that you kissed...ahhh Callisto
Lion and bull, eagle and snake
To live or die It's a choice you have got to make
Can you undo what you create
Step through the wheel
Follow your fate Chorus of Animals
The fates have a fix on you
We can play tricks on you
We deal in truths you're too troubled to face
Gamble the worth of you,
on the rebirth of you Don't turn away, don't start to fade
What's still unwritten...
You can erase Callisto
Your villainous infamy tortures your soul Descent into evil must levy it's toll The darkness that rots you has brought you to this Snake
Surrender serenity, suffer sweet misery Sin seeks it's cursed abyss Anubis
Oh Xena, with death there is always rebirth Sphinx
Come see with a vision denied you on earth Callisto
Illusia is waiting: we'll show you the way But all consequences are your own creation And there's a price you must pay Calisto and Chorus of Animals
The fates have a fix on you: We can play tricks on you We deal in truths, you're too troubled to face Gamble the worth of you, on the rebirth of you Don't turn away, don't start to fade Callisto
What's still unwritten you can erase Chorus of Animals
Illusia is music, a world build on rhyme It's carved out of space, in the absence of ....
Joxer the Mighty
Joxer the Mighty,
master of georgraphy
Here to guide you on your way
Stick with me, you'll never stray
If your in the land that's new
I'm the man who'll get you through
Even when you're slightly nude
I'm Joxer! Joxer, the Mighty!
War and Peace
Warriors
Praise the winds of chance that blew
Xena back where friends are true
We would fight to death for you brave Xena
When your mighty chakram arcs
throwing fierece magnetic sparks
No one ever hits her marks like Xena
Famed for prowess with a sword
Who's as feared and as adored
You've not lived till you've been gored by Xena Warrior #1
You're the Warrior Princess who's as strong as an oak Warrior #2
You've got eyes that can tear out the heart of a bloke Warrior #3
With one look you can wilt a flower Warrior #4
curdle milk or make men cower All Warriors
Welcome home,Xena, welcome home Ares
Your are the most devine, delicious warrior
A man can't help saluting your return
And if you start my heart it's just the way you slash and burn Bewitching women, straining at the armor plate
You singe me with the ardor you inflame
And in my carnal heart there's not a sorry shred of shame All Warriors
You and me love war
Doesn't matter what it's for
Pandemonium reigns and we're bludgeoning brains
Give us War, War, War
Keep it down to a roar Warrior #5
Words of wisdom Ares said Ares
When in battle keep your head All Warriors
Warriors love War,War,War Villagers
O'er the Bridge of Tears
She's crossed and she's paid a fearful cost
Her blood innocence is lost, Gabrielle
Now the past has set her free
And she's traveled home to be
With her old Friends you and me, Gabrielle Villager #1
You've been plucked out from the heart of our lives for so long Villager #2
Now we're grateful you've come back to the place you belong Villager #3
For what ails the panacea Villager #4
surely waits in Poteidia All Villagers
Welcome home, Gabrielle, welcome home Lila
Villains, Fools and kings have made their mark on you
Leave their easy evil in the dust
If your child had lived,
we'd surely make her welcome, too All Villagers
You and me love peace with the ducks and goates and geese While the hours away baking bread, pitching hay
We love peace,peace,peace, simple joys that never cease Village #1
Nothing changes but the time Small Group of Villages
We don't even change our mind All Villagers
Villagers love Peace,Peace,Peace Ares
Pulverizing foes requires strategy
There's no mortal born who meets your skill
Xena join my vision-don't deny your destiny All Warriors
You and me love war Doesn't atter what it's for Warrior #6
Chop the tree down, burn the root Ares
Vengeance can be such a hoot All Warriors
Warriors love War,War,War Lila
Xena was no friend, she worked to twist your mind
Though you tried to change her deadly ways
Take the scythe-it's just a case of killing to be kind All Villagers
You and me love peace with the ducks and goats and geese Lila
Sit and watch the world go by Village Couple
 Vegetate until you die All Villagers
Villagers love Peace,Peace,Peace Warriors
We love War
Villagers
Peace is such a Lovely state...
War can kill you so can hate Warriors
Fear! Lies! Smite and smote and pulverize
Villagers
Here the simple life's a delight Warriors
Pus and Gore
Villagers
Just you put your hand in mine,
sure your future's on the line Warriors
You've a son you must avenge,
know you must extract revenge
Villagers  
Hope died she freed you All Voices
Ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ...
Ah ah ah ,ah ah ah ah ah ...
Villagers
Peace!
Warriors
War!
Villagers
Peace!
Warriors
War!
Melt into me
Ares
You're lost and confused but I understand
This once beloved friend has been slain by your hand
You feel all alone,
betrayed and adrift
But maybe her loss can be viewed as a gift Now I'll be your rock, your strength and support
Your close confidant with whom you can consort
I know you completely Come melt into me
Unleash the power
of your destiny You've proved to yourself
now that you've made the kill
That you're just like me
With as evil a will
Our forces are meant to be merged into one
The world will be panicked
when our work is done Let the music of war,
with it's lustful retrain
Arouse us to heights
with a passionate strain Imagine how awesome together we'd be
So feel what I'm feeling
Come melt into me Callisto
Did that fill you with glee
To kill your little friend
Did that ease your suffering Or bring it to an end
Let go...
All of your anger will poison you yet
Unless you can just-let go
Hearts are Hurting
Xena
My heart is hurting beyond words
The pain is tearing up my soul
These days have seen my spirit die
My like propelled out of control
My wounds lie naked to the world
My depth of suffering exposed
This damaged past can never heal
Until this nightmare book is closed Gabrielle
My heart is hurting beyond words
The pain is tearing up my soul
Please tell me how can I retrieve the life that all the sadness stole Because of you this happened
Because you had to carry out your vengeful little plans Xena
It's you who should be guilty
Because of you my child is dead
His blood is on your hands Gabrielle
If only you had never brought me there Xena
If only you had done what you were told Gabrielle
It's you who's to be blamed Xena
And you should be ashamed Gabrielle
It's your fault Xena
No it's yours Gabrielle
How could you Xena
How could you
Hate is the star
It begins very small
seems like nothing much at all
Just a germ, just a speck, just a grain
but the seed has been sown
and before you know it's grown
It has spread through you life like a stain
And its power will strangle your love and joy
and its hunger consumes for it lives to destroy Hate is the star: it becomes who you are
Not the hated, but the hater
has a torment that's greater
It will eat you alive, consume you and spit you out
Hate's gonna win that there's no doubt about
Hate doesn't care who you are-Hate It The Star! Learning hate is an art, even people who are smart
can be caught, can be crushed, can be creamed
Hate has swallowed you whole
Did you think you're in control
Hate you thought, hate you spoke
hate you dreamed
All your hate gave me substance
your lies are undone
It's you eve of destruction, your hated has won!
Hearts are Hurting 2
Xena
I never dreamed that we'd be distanced by a hate
that all the trust we had would go Gabrielle
How could I hate you Xena
How could it come to pass This awful twist of fate Gabrielle
How could I hurt you Xena
This madness can't be so Gabrielle
I can't believe it Xena
I never dreamed that any barriers could rise Gabrielle
Or that I'd ever see the stranger in your eyes Xena
Our hearts were hurting both the same Gabrielle
The hurt was tearing up our souls Xena
The fury in us made us blind Gabrielle
We could not see beyond the pain Xena
If we can turn again to love Gabrielle
If we can heal these open wounds Xena
We'll leave this hatred far behind Gabrielle
So not a trace of hate remains Both
We'll overcome our damaged past
And we'll grow stronger side by side
To stand together through the storms
We're safe cause love will be our guide
The Love of your Love
Yes, I lied
Thought I could protect you from the truth
Deliver you from evil Spare your innocence and youth
That I could simply will it
Was the real untruth I was wrong
I wore a mask to cover my deceit
But underneath it all I couldn't keep away my doubt
Now I'm left without a mask
And one question left to ask I'm sorry, please help me , forgive me
Don't hate me, don't leave me, forgive me
Forgive me, my debt as only you could
Forgive me the hate Replace evil with good
Forgive me and find out that you
will be able to forgive yourself too My dear Solan,
I never told you that you were my son
I didn't know the days we had left were so few
If I only knew I'd have been with you
I'm so sorry I couldn't be the mother you deserved
And I regret that I missed your first step your first word
That I never heard~now it seems absurd Ca you forgive me
Open up your heart and let me in
No matter if the fates against us turn
There's one thing through all of this I've learned
That what I need from you is to... Forgive me, I'm sorry, believe me
Stop hating, stop hurting, forgive me
Forgive those who harm you
Do good for those who hate
Forgive, if not forget
I know it's not to late
Forgive me and you'll discover too
That the love of your love is you