You're absolutely right about the Trojan prophetess, Cassandra. This song parallels her prediction of the fall of Troy. She warned the Trojans not to keep the wooden horse given as a gift from the "retreating" Achaeans. However, being cursed, she was called mad and ignored.
The Achaean army faked a retreat, climbed on board their boats, and sailed out to hide past the horizon and behind rocks, where they would not be spotted by the Trojans. Meanwhile, they built a large wooden horse (the Trojan horse) and sent it to Troy as a gift, where it was accepted. The horse, however, was hollow and contained many Achaean soldiers, including Odysseus himself. Celebrating the end of the ten year war, the Trojans partied in the streets and passed out drunk.
The citizens of Troy were massacred when the Achaeans snuck out of the Trojan horse and opened Troy's gates to the hiding Achaean army. The massacre and the prophecies of Cassandra are what this song is about.
"No one makes it out alive": the citizens of Troy were slaughtered.
"I know where the killer hides": the killer was the Achaean soldiers, who hid in the Trojan horse.
She predicted that accepting the horse would be the decline of Troy, that it would "erupt in flames" and "women and children" would "scurry like roaches."
She "warned [the Trojans] not to move," or, not to accept the horse, but no one listened to her.
"Don't believe this girl... parts ways with life" is a section of insults and vilifications from the citizens of Troy that Cassandra had received when she made predictions.
You're absolutely right about the Trojan prophetess, Cassandra. This song parallels her prediction of the fall of Troy. She warned the Trojans not to keep the wooden horse given as a gift from the "retreating" Achaeans. However, being cursed, she was called mad and ignored.
The Achaean army faked a retreat, climbed on board their boats, and sailed out to hide past the horizon and behind rocks, where they would not be spotted by the Trojans. Meanwhile, they built a large wooden horse (the Trojan horse) and sent it to Troy as a gift, where it was accepted. The horse, however, was hollow and contained many Achaean soldiers, including Odysseus himself. Celebrating the end of the ten year war, the Trojans partied in the streets and passed out drunk.
The citizens of Troy were massacred when the Achaeans snuck out of the Trojan horse and opened Troy's gates to the hiding Achaean army. The massacre and the prophecies of Cassandra are what this song is about.
"No one makes it out alive": the citizens of Troy were slaughtered.
"I know where the killer hides": the killer was the Achaean soldiers, who hid in the Trojan horse.
She predicted that accepting the horse would be the decline of Troy, that it would "erupt in flames" and "women and children" would "scurry like roaches."
She "warned [the Trojans] not to move," or, not to accept the horse, but no one listened to her.
"Don't believe this girl... parts ways with life" is a section of insults and vilifications from the citizens of Troy that Cassandra had received when she made predictions.
"No one listens to the damned" Cassandra.