Stuck between a rock and a hard place
Charybdis and Scylla
Powerful, sweeping
Ever fighting for control
A safe path to travel,
Wishing for calm seas and good wind

Between the devil and the deep blue sea
But albatrosses fall,
Hung around wretched necks
Seas gone sour, wind gone still
Anchor no ship can shake
There are omens best left unseen
So many impossible things

Between the hammer and the anvil
A constant pounding into shape
Icarus falling with melting wings,
Sisyphus and his boulder - always going up hill
Prometheus and his eagles
Like a dog on a stake,
We can't escape our fates