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Dead Can Dance "Ulysses"

12/11/2017

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​Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' 

We are not now that strength which in old days 

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; 

One equal temper of heroic hearts, 

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will 

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Ulysses 
BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

"Ulysses"

John Francis Dooley
Wipe the sleep from your eyes
And embrace the light
You have slept now
For a thousand years
Beneath starless nights
And now it's time for you
To renounce the old ways
And see a new dawn rise

In former days
Masks were raised
When the god came down
From above the mountain
And the sacrifice was made
For he knew the day of wrath
Was fast approaching
Just like yesterday before the war

John Francis Dooley
The scapegoat has run
All our sins are disowned
And now it's time for you
To take off your mask
And cross the Rubicon

If you and I were one
Within the eyes of our designs
It would still not change
The fact of our leaving
For tonight we must leave
With the first gentle breeze
For the Isles Of Ken
We are assailing

Just like Ulysses
On an open sea
On an odyssey
Of self discovery
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scapegoat  /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2017:
scapegoat nfigurative (person: blamed for others) (figurado)chivo expiatorio loc nom m (figurado)cabeza de turco loc nom f
The project failed and now they desperately need a scapegoat.
El proyecto fracasó y ahora necesitan desesperadamente un chivo expiatorio.
scapegoat n(Bible: goat representing sins) (Biblia)chivo expiatorio loc nom m
  macho cabrío expiatorio loc nom m
  chivo emisario loc nom m
  macho cabrío emisario loc nom m
 The scapegoat was said to carry people's sins into the wild.
 Se decía que el chivo expiatorio llevaba los pecados de la gente a lo salvaje.
scapegoat [sb]vtrfigurative (blame for others) (figurado)ser el chivo expiatorio loc verb
 If it's your fault, you should take responsibility and not scapegoat someone else.
 Si es tu culpa, deberías asumir la responsabilidad y no ser el chivo expiatorio de nadie.

scapegoat
  • substitute
  • sacrifice
  • dupe
  • victim
  • easy mark
  • fall guy
  • goat
  • gull
  • patsy
  • sacrificial lamb
  • sitting duck
  • stooge
  • whipping boy
Spanish:
cabeza de turco - chivo expiatorio - una víctima propiciatoria
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disown 
LISTEN:UK-RP
  /dɪsˈəʊn/
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017
dis•own /dɪsˈoʊn/  v. [~ + object]
  1. to refuse to acknowledge responsibility for:disowned their daughter after she eloped.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017
dis•own  (dis ōn′), v.t. 
  1. to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself;
    deny the ownership of or responsibility for;
    repudiate;
    renounce:to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
dis•own′ment, n. 
  •  dis-1 + own 1610–20
  • disclaim, disavow, reject, abjure.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
disown /dɪsˈəʊn/vb
  1. (transitive) to deny any connection with; refuse to acknowledge​

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assail
əˈseɪl/
verb
gerund or present participle: assailing
  1. make a concerted or violent attack on.
    "the Scots army assailed Edward's army from the rear"
    sinónimos:attack, assault, make an assault on, launch an attack on, pounce on, set upon, set about, launch oneself at, weigh into, fly at, let fly at, turn on, round on, lash out at, hit out at, beset, belabour, fall on, accost, mug, charge, rush, storm, besiege; Más
    • (of an unpleasant feeling or physical sensation) come upon (someone) suddenly and strongly.
      "she was assailed by doubts and regrets"
      sinónimos:trouble, disturb, worry, plague, beset, torture, torment, rack, bedevil, nag, vex, harass, pester, dog; Más
    • criticize strongly.
      "he assailed a group of editors for their alleged excesses"
      sinónimos:criticize, censure, attack, condemn, castigate, chastise, berate, lambaste, lash, pillory, find fault with, abuse, revile, give someone a bad press; 
      informalknock, slam, hammer, lay into, give someone a roasting, cane, blast, give someone hell, bite someone's head off, jump down someone's throat; 
      informalslate, slag off, monster; 
      informalpummel, cut up; 
      informalbag; 
      datedrate; 
      archaicslash; 
      rareexcoriate, objurgate, reprehend
      "critics assailed the policy"
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