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Medea was a powerful sorceresses, daughter of King Aeetes, and granddaughter of the Sun God from Greek mythology. When she learns that her husband, Jason had betrayed her and married Glauce, the daughter of Creon, she kills Gluace, King Creon, and finally her own two children, and flees with their bodies. Read more about her amazing story here, here, here, and here.

I recently heard this amazing song on Radioparadise by a little known Asian-American artist, Vienna Teng. The song really shows Medea’s side of the story just before she kills her children. Really beautifully written.

My Medea
inside the labyrinth walls
there lies a tiny child who sleeps alone
and as the daylight falls
the wind becomes so wild across the stone

for I have made her prison be
her every step away from me
and this child I would destroy
if you tried to set her free

so come to me my love
I’ll tap into your strength and drain it dry
can never have enough
for you I’d burn the length and breadth of sky

for it’s my thoughts that bind me here
it’s this love that I most fear
and this child I would destroy
for I hold her pain most dear

no haven for this heart
no shelter for this child in mazes lost
heaven keep us apart
a curse for every mile of ocean crossed

for I must die for what I’ve done
a twist of fate a desert sun
for I see what I destroy
sweet reflection knife into me
for I see what I destroy
I can see what I’ve begun

- Vienna Teng

Vienna Teng’s music is quite different from the stuff I generally listen to. One of the things I really like is how perfectly the words blend into the music. The music is a little slow sometimes, but it i guess it kind of grows on you. Check out her website for samples to her music (some full songs as well). A piece of trivia… she is a Computer Science graduate from Stanford, and even worked in Cisco for a year or so before deciding to change careers!