Song 19 No Longer You is such an amazing song because not only do we get introduced to Tiresias the blind prophet, we also get more hindsight of the future. Like Ody, we’re trying to piece together the puzzle:
I see a song of past romance = Suffering. At first, he’s talking about Odysseus and Penelope. But when he repeats, he’s talking about the Siren who cosplayed as Penelope singing to Odysseus to lure him in as he played along.
I see the sacrifice of men = Scylla. This one was obvious, Ody was gonna sacrifice his men to try and get home or something. But when it repeats it shows the actual horror and fear they went through because they went through with it unknowingly and in the most gruesome way possible.
I see portrayals of betrayal and a brothers final stand = Mutiny. Eurylochus once again questions Odysseus’s actions and they fight for it. When repeated. Not only is it the betrayal of getting stabbed by his own crew (literally for Perimedes) but also for killing the Sun Gods Immortal Cows.
I see you on the brink of death I see you draw your final breath = Thunder Bringer. This one was a bit tricky but when repeated, it means the choice that Zeus gave Odysseus, it was either him or his crew. And he gives out his final breath when he practically drowns.
I see a man who gets to make it home alive but it’s no longer you = ??? At first it’s talking about how Odysseus came back whist losing apart of his humanity but also shows that when he does return home that he is under a disguise.
I see your palace covered in red faces of men had long believed your dead = King. It’s been 20 years and finally the suitors who get prepared to infiltrate the castle get killed off one by one with a sword by Odysseus.
I see your wife with a man who is haunting a man with a trail of bodies = Would you Fall In Love With Me Again. At first it seems like Penelope is with another man, willingly or not. But than it’s clear that it’s Odysseus that Penelope is with haunted by the actions he has done.
