“The Challenge” (Full Song with Lyrics) - EPIC: The Musical, The Ithaca Saga, sung by Anna Lea Casey
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Tried my best to clean the audio for this to ensure the best quality and added lyrics as well. Hope you can enjoy this beautiful song.
I do not own the audio in this video. All rights go to Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Winion Entertainment, Inc., and Anna Lea Casey.
“Let the arrow fly, once you know that your aim is true, cause I’d rather die than grow without the best of you” CHILLS BRO
Peak lyricism honestly, my jaw was on the floor
The Ithaca Saga is going to make everyone cry
Oh yeh
Absolutely
And we also gonna be hype as hell with Hold Them Down as a truly unnerving villain song and King/Odysseus as just pure greatness
I will be an emotional wreck that day, I won't know whether to be extremely happy or just straight up devastated
except this time it'll be tears of happiness and not those of eternal torment
Absolutely! I will be crying when the challenge is finally out 😭🙏
The wisdom saga already did
For me it's the shift from tiredness to hopeful resolve in "Oh could it be" that undoes me completely.
Anna's voice carries so much emotion that manages to make me almost tear up in public every time I hear this song. The "the best of you" line also breaks me. I always felt for Penelope even when I was a kid she was like this sad aunt I was offended for. It was my small self mission to smack the suitors (and original Ody too) so she's like a chilhood friend I finally see happy somehow?? I dunno maybe Im just emotional 😭
Hello Homestuck
This is such a lovely sentiment/comment!
@@lumpynoir my lazy ass never managed to make my icon a little less vintage and now my age is showing xDDD (also the unironic use of "xD" isn't helping) I'm shocked someone still recognized it!
@@varunadeiwos860 I have friends who used to be apart of the homestuck fandom so the gray and orange combo is one I am very familiar with LOL
HOMESTUCK!!!!@@varunadeiwos860 i fucking love homestuck man, glad i find it everywhere lmao i really can't scape from it but i'm not complaining
Oh no, not the "Waiting, waiting...", god damn it, Jorge. I'm gonna bawl my eyes out when the full version comes out, aren't I?
hahahaha
I forgot what that melody linked to. What song is it referencing?
@@Ybot76 I think it appeared in The Underworld, with his mother who died while _waaiting_ for him
@@theanicolesallustio4377How the fuck did you italics a RUclips comment
I actually heard this song before the underworld and it made me cry so much because of course it would be the same melody! 💔 they’re both waiting for him to come back 💔😭😭😭
2:51
JAY
HOW COULD YOU
I ALREADY CRIED DURING THE UNDERWORLD YOU DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT TO US
NO WHY JORGE WHY
just wait till yer song 40
IM SO SCARED FOR THIS SAGA 😭
@@blossom6792SAMEEEE😭
Odysseus, when you come home I’ll be waitingggggg
Jorge just be accidentally releasing whole songs
Lmao, dunno if you already knew this but this was actually on I think a musical theatre workshop(?) Jorge joined at December a few years ago where he showed an audience some samples of the finished songs which I think were Horse and the Infant, Ruthlessness, Done For, I'm Not Sorry for Loving You, and The Challenge. Jorge had it livestreamed and it was such a huge thing back then since its the first time we got to hear finished songs that aren't spliced and edited from tiktok snippets.
Although for this upload I think they edited it to include a clearer version on one part of the song that was featured on Jorge's tiktok when he introduced who Penelope would be.
Well for this one, it's released in a livestream of a seminar that Jorge joined . But for Luck Runs Out though, he did technically released most parts of the song as snippets 😅
Lol fr
@@williama64im not sorry for loving you is also all snippets lol
@@rickriordianverse it's in the seminar though, but around 80% of the song is in snippets form too
it says a lot about how good mr jalapeno is at writing that all of us adore Penelope despite technically never having met her.
Anna hit the "I'll buy you time!" high note so perfectly and i was able to hit that note in the shower! And also I'm gonna cry when Penelope was saying "waiting" it just made me throw my pillow at the wall! 😭
I love the part about the shroud and showing that both Penelope and Odyseus have done things that would be considered out of line. For those who don't know, Penelope was weaving a shroud for her father-in-laws and the Greeks would bury their dead with these shrouds. So, her father-in-law's corpse is still there. If you weren't buried that means you couldn't be buried with money which means you would wander the river styx ( i think it's styx ) unable to pay the ferryman. So, yeah, this would be considered as crazy as the stuff Odyseus has done. The lengths they've gone for love still makes my heart sore!
Laertes, Odysseus's father was alive when Odysseus arrived in Ithaca. He was very depressed though, he had revomed himdelf from the royal palace and lived in a hut by the sea. He wasn't dead, but everyone thought he was dying, thus Penelope started weaving the shroud.
i thought the shroud was for odysseus??? they thought he was dead? why was it for the father in law?
@@miab.764 Yes they thought Odysseus was dead, but they didn't have a body to bury, therefore a shroud was not needed for him. Penelope was weaving for Laertes, who actually dies three years after Odysseus's arival. But in the Odyssey he's so consumed by sorrow, that everyone thought his death was near. Just like Anticlea had died of a broken heart.
I just read the first part and went "how is this as bad as the stuff ody has done" then i went "well the shroud has something to do with father in law, might be some poetic stuff 🤔" then I read teh rest of that comment and now I'm sad
Penelope is a character that strongly resonates with me, her loyalty and cunning and resolve. I adore her song, and I can't wait to see what they do for her in the upcoming sagas. Thanks for doing her justice ❤
It's interesting the Athenian society that hated women and did not believe them to be gifted the same as men but would write characters like Penelope who is arguably an essential character to the Odyssey who, just like her husband, can hold her own, be very intelligent and cunning. There are many more examples, I just find the irony of it all.
@@XxAgeofLovexX she also married her husband's killer, who's also her son in law
@@rakhimitra2193The affair child of Circe and Ody?
@@Ella-cd1qt *yeah*
If you're attached to the teleology and claim it sure by all means but to present it as a FACT when there are so many iterations over time feels akin to spreading misinformation when there's no definitive "cannon" since authors and poets made changes and told these stories as they wanted
I mean just take a look at Ovid
Hey, I just wanna say I hope you don't feel attacked or anything. I love this character and am very attached to penelope, so there's my own bias, but to re - iterate I'm not looking to start a fight or anything
Night
Me knowing this song is gonna go hard once it’s finally fully put together and recorded because it already does….
Yeah
I love the “waiting…waiting…waiting” part as it is like in Underworld where Ody’s mum sang it. I wanna cry sob sob
It's not the official release yet GUYS but when it is...I will not be well
everyones who heard this
I’m loving this song the “I’ll be buying you TIME” into “TIME is fleeting it’s running out” is stuck in my head
But the one that will break me is I Can’t Help But Wonder
I’ll be bawling at this lol 😭
I will become mentally ill after hearing the Ithaca saga
I kind of like the roughness of the recording in the 3rd part (a man laughing in the background after she presents the challenge, dishes clinking, a crowd murmuring at the end, etc.) Makes it sound like you're IN the palace, witnessing all of it.
Also agreeing with the comments saying Penelope should get some part of the fight at the end. A princess of Sparta would do no less.
Guys the intro sounds like a more royal version of the intro of suffering with the viola Penelope instrument. And the waiting for the underground, showing she’s just like ody mom waiting for him. And the wits and stake she puts into herself just to buy Odysseus time...MR.JALAPENO this entire musical is just pure art it’s insane
Jorge is an absolute genius being able to wrote this masterpiece
i have been waiting years for this song i will not be the same person when it finally gets released
It's been twelve long years, my guy
and we are still waiting… waiting…
I estimate Ithaca Saga (the one with this song), based on the release dates of the last few sagas, will come out in roughly nine months, but definitely by the end of next year
@badlyplanned9259 I don’t think anybody expected the August 30th release date lol
@badlyplanned9259 ngl I feel like it could be released on Christmas day because the og troy saga was released Christmas day and I think it would be rlly cool if the first and last sagas came out on Christmas days
This is my FAVORITE song of the whole musical
SAME!! I’ve been listening to the Challenge clipped from a stream he did a while back & I’m looking forward to the official release so much :D !!
If you’re reading this and plan to do an animatic, think about putting Penelope’s throne on the opposite end of the axes, that way if they win the challenge she’ll be dead.
Oooh
Interesting idea
But the point is only Odysseus can do the challenge, and therefore she’d live
Oooh I love that idea especially with the lines: "I never thought I'd resort to this" and "cause I'd rather die than go on with all the rest of you"
That defeats the point of the challenge and the suitors aren’t that stupid. Plus, Odysseus succeeds in doing it, he wouldn’t kill his wife.
The way some people are missing the vision 😭😭 like Penelope knows that only Odysseus would be capable of completing that challenge, so if she's sitting slightly off-center on the other side with the axes, either she'll die when the suitors miss and she won't have to marry any of them, or Odysseus will somehow come back and succeed and she'll be with her husband again.
@@gamersgamestorm8291: That is the point though. Only Odysseus would be able to angle it to miss her. That is what is so great about this idea.
Oh how the fandom will cry when the ithica saga hits
the world will flood with our tears once the ithaca saga is released
Penelope saying waiting like how Odysseus's mother says waiting showcases just how much they don't care how time has passed they just want Odysseus to come home
GODS I can’t wait for this song. I’ll be waiting. Bit seriously I’m so glad he brought the “time to be the man of the house” back from that cut song man of the house also the waiting part *chefs kiss 👌🏻*
i heard this in class like a week ago and almost started crying because her voice is just so beautiful, so is the song
2:27 JORGE. I STARTED SOBBING
I LOVE PENELOPE SM 😭
Me too, she looks really kind and so loyal to his husband❤
Actual tears sprang out my eyes when waiting... Waiting... Is sung. Oh my goodness gracious. Oh my gosh hecking golly.
I watched a stage adaptation of the odyssey from Penelope’s perspective and one of the moments that stuck out was after Odysseus completes the challenge, Antinous runs up to peer through the axes, in sheer disbelief that the arrow made it through. Meanwhile, Odysseus calmly is stringing up another arrow while Antinous yells that it must be some kind of trick, it must be-and is shot through the throat as he turns to hurl slander at disguised Odysseus.
idk. maybe I haven’t explained it well but it was cool to me
Not the waiting... WHY?!
Amazing song btw
When I heard the waiting waiting part I got like actual chills and a shiver down my spine, this song is a masterpiece
Her voice is so beautiful ❤
Its the waiting melody from his mom in the underworld saga... 😢
The "waiting" part makes me think of Ody's mother.
I guess you could say I'm WAITING for this to come out 😏
This is why she's my favorite character
THE GASP THAT JUST CAME OUT OF ME
i cannot wait untill this is released!!
Me too
penelope giving disney princess vibes fr❤
Nah, she's a ✨ queen 👑 ✨
So is Penelope’s plan to trick the suitors into killing her? Let the arrow fly cause I’d rather die feels like Penelope is planning her death. If the suitors accidentally kill her, Telemachus becomes king and the suitors get kicked out for killing the queen. Either they fail to string the bow and she buys Ody time, or succeed and Telemachus becomes king.
‼️⚠️SPOILER ALERT⚠️‼️
in the myth, Penelope says once she finishes sewing her dress she would choose a suitor, but every night, she unthreaded her work. She decided it was time, Ody is the only one who could string the bow, and she thinks the the storm means Ody is home (which he is, just in disguise) so they all take turns, obviously, none of them manage to string it. Ody, in disguise as a beggar, manages to string the bow, then removes his disguise, revealing himself then goes into a rampage with his son, killing all the suitors who had ill intent with his wife.
That is a good inference though. Especially since she has Anticlea’s “waiting” part. Anticlea killed herself when she heard a false rumor of Odysseus’ death. Penelope singing the “waiting” part could resemble that, considering Jay changes a lot of stuff from the myth
…the waiting…ima go cry now
STOP THIS IS MAKING ME CRY
"time is fleeting it's running out
time to be the man of the house"
Man of the house refrence !!!
IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS SONG AAA I think this is one of my most anticipated songs!!!!!! its literally so beautiful and I love it SO MUCH.
When i heard this, it instantly became one of my favorites, and the most awaited song i want.
NOT THE WAITING😭😭😭😭
Her voice is so beautiful! Aah! 😍
I HAVE BEEN WAIT FOR THSI SONG AND TO HEAR THE REST OMG THE LAST PART WERE SHE SAYS WAITING JUST LIKE HIS MOM I LOVE THIS ❤
I haven't seen any other syclla cause I wanted to see ur take first. Wanted to be left in aweeeee before indulging in others. AND YOU COOKED. IM FED
This song is beautiful
The song pulled on all of my heartstrings. 😢
this song is gonna hit so hard when it comes out.
WE LOVE YOU PENELOPE
I've been waiting for this song and I can't wait for it to be released 😭
It might be my favourite so far.
1:38 1:54 1:55 2:02 2:03
how are yall even getting ahold of these???
Mr. Jalapeño is gonna RIP MY HEART OUT bringing back Waiting
NOT THE WAITING IM IN TEARS
STOP I LOVE THIS SONG AFTER SUFFERING I LOVED ANNA
This song will reck me when it comes out. because of anticlea’s little melody returning
jeez i think this one is going to be my fav once it comes out
I NEED THE FULL UNRELEASED SONGS, BRO.
This song makes me cry and I don't even know why 😂
Multiple songs refrence man of the house...yet jorge cut man of the house
Penelope is such a loyal, devoted character who stayed faithful till the end, and despite her virtue many poets made Odysseus cheat on his wife with either Circe or calypso..
Double standards.. Then again I may be applying the current era’s logic to more than 2 thousand year old epics but still it’s double standards.
Except it never was cheating in the first place! Both circe and calypso were FAR more powerful than Odysseus - Both were closer to deities than human, so denying them would have spelled death for Odysseus. He HAD to comply, because otherwise he'd not live to see his wife again. The sheer power imbalance does not make Odysseus able to consent: Because its either that, or death, or worse. Why would a cheating man cry every morning on the beach because he cannot get back to his wife for SEVEN YEARS?
#justiceforodysseus
@@your_friendly_neighborhood8019thank you
Banger 🍷🗿
Im not crying u are 😭😭😭
For everybody trying to learn that part (me xD) 1:43
This might be my favorite song in Epic
It's just so beautiful in every way
I'll be crying when this finally releases 🥹
ILY PENELOPE🫶
It's interesting... But we've really never seen Ody as a talented archer so far. He hasn't been portrayed as such.
He left his bow behind.
2:54 I'd just like to ask WHY?
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When will it be released? 😢❤
Well, there's two more sagas that need to be released before the Ithaca saga, I'm guessing maybe Christmas day/late this year/early next year. The wisdom saga is probably coming out very soon
Hadn’t relistened to this so since before the Underworld Saga was released and I just noticed how the “Waiting”s starting at 2:52 are the same as the ones from The Underworld🥲