Medusa - rewriting the rewrite

Going back to the myth I rewrote the text yet another time, making it all mine :-)

And I'll name it "Medusa" after all. As in "Spartacus", "Ganymede", and "Phoenix" the title does not occur anywhere in the lyrics but serves as an interpretation aid. The meter of the verses still reflects Julia's music, but that's about the only trace that's left of the original concept. Here's 'my' "Medusa":

her blinding beauty
her female allure
would bring begrudgers
to the scene
so in the end
the turn for the worse
came with Athena's curse
this fiery woman's curse

her face remembered
by lovers past
by all the suitors
the many men
all those who once
yearned and lusted for her
they no longer cared
who once made love to her

nobody now dared look at her
for fear they'd turn to stone
revenge destroyed her pretty face
and left her heart alone

once beheaded
her burning rage
brought devastation
to the land
yet in the end
serving her enemy
flaunting from her shield
became her destiny

her face remembered
by lovers past
by all the suitors
the many men
all those who once
yearned and lusted for her
they no longer cared
who once made love to her

nobody now dared look at her
for fear they'd turn to stone
revenge destroyed her pretty face
and left her heart alone

all those who dare to look
will be turned to stone

all those who dare to look
will be turned to stone