Cope With That Lyrics
[Cut Song]Cope With That
[ELPENOR]Maybe we should leave him
[ODYSSEUS]
What?
[ELPENOR]
Look at how he sleeps
Look at how he’s smiling
It’s the first real one in weeks!
You don’t know him like I do
Which is why you’d be perplexed
If you knew how he would hide the truth
That deep down he was depressed
[ATHENA]
Don’t let him convince the other men
[ODYSSEUS]
So what? Are we supposed to abandon
Those who are hurting? Desert them?
Leave ‘em out to burn when words are not working?
[ELPENOR]
No, we support them how?ver they need
We l?t them be happy and free
[ODYSSEUS]
It’s not my job to make him happy!
It’s my job to bring him home!
[ELPENOR]
How do you know he hasn’t found it?
We shouldn’t make him have to go!
[ODYSSEUS]
Well maybe I’m a monster!
Maybe I’m in the wrong!
Maybe I’m the problem
That’s been hiding all along!
I’m a slave to my ambition!
A prisoner of my drive!
And I have got this mission
And I cannot compromise!
And you’ll just have to cope with that
Cope With That is a cut song from EPIC that captured a sharp emotional and philosophical debate between Odysseus and Elpenor. Set during the stay on the island of the Lotus Eaters, the scene revolves around the fate of Perimedes, who—after consuming a Lotus—experiences a rare, almost unnatural bliss.
For a moment, Perimedes is free from the war, the guilt, and the weight of survival. Elpenor sees this peace and argues they should let him stay, allow him this sliver of happiness untouched by consequence. Odysseus, however, sees the Lotus for what it is: a trap that numbs pain by erasing memory and identity. He refuses to leave a brother behind, even if it means ripping him from that brief comfort.
The debate strikes at the heart of trauma, memory, and what it means to care for someone who's hurting. It’s not just a tactical disagreement—it’s personal.
Though the song was cut from the final production, its melody lives on—repurposed and reworked into the track Monster, where echoes of that emotional tension still linger beneath the surface.