Lullaby for Grendel

Little warrior-baby with your tiny dreams of war They'll call you a monster and call me a whore Turn our very fingers into claws Give us glistening fangs in gaping jaws But sleep now, hush now, all that's still to come Hush now, dream now, what's will won't be undone Dream now, wait now, wait and bide your time Wait now, watch now, as yours will, so will mine So... shush, hush, and sleep Listen to that racket! Beastly men in beastly halls They pushed me from their fires and they chased us from their walls But all a fire's good for is to singe And walls won't stop the wishing for revenge But sleep now, hush now, all that's still to come Hush now, dream now, what's will won't be undone Dream now, wait now, wait and bide your time Wait now, watch now, as yours will, so will mine So... shush, hush, and sleep Learn to inward curb your frustration and rage Learn to find these waters as stifling as a cage I gave you the strength of ten men Hunt and hurt them, drive them from their den (Excerpt from Beowulf in Old English) Grendles modor, ides aglæcwif Yrmþe gemunde, se þe wæteregesan Wunian scolde, cealde streamas, Siþðan camp wearð to ecgbanan Angan breþer, fæderenmæge. He þa fag gewat, morþre gemearcod, Mandream fleon, westen warode. Þanon woc fela geosceaftgasta. Wæs þæra Grendel sum Grow, tiny grendling, your destiny's been fixed Between man and monster, and land and sea betwixt Don't deny what I have done for you! Only kill, as I would want you to! But sleep now, hush now, all that's still to come Hush now, dream now, what's will won't be undone Dream now, wait now, wait and bide your time Wait now, watch now, as yours will, so will mine So... shush, hush, and sleep