600 Strike Lyrics – Epic: The Musical
600 Strike Lyrics
(Six Hundred Strike)[ENSEMBLE]
Six hundred men (Six hundred)
Six hundred men (Six hundred)
Six hundred men (Six hundred)
Six hundred men (Six hundred)
[ODYSSEUS]
I don't think you seem to get it
I can't afford to die
'Cause I will get back to my son
And I will get back to my wife
For every comrade, every one of my friends
Almost all of whom were slaughtered by your hand
Six hundred strike
[ENSEMBLE]
Six hundred men (Six hundred)
Six hundred men (Six hundred)
Six hundred men (Six hundred)
Six hundred, six hundred m?n
[POSEIDON, spoken]
You idiot
[POSEIDON]
Can't you see?
You sealed your fate just to b?at me
You released my storm when you opened that bag
Blocked your one way home
Now you'll never get back
[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
You're goin' to call off that storm
[POSEIDON, spoken]
Or what? You can't kill me
[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Exactly
[ODYSSEUS picks up POSEIDON'S trident]
[POSEIDON, spoken]
Wait
Wait, ahh
Ugh
[ODYSSEUS, POSEIDON]
How does it feel to be helpless? (Argh)
How does it feel to know pain? (Ugh)
I watched my friends die in horror (Ah-ah)
Crying as they were all slain (Ugh)
I heard their final moments (Argh)
Calling their captain in vain (Ugh)
Look what you turned me into (Ah-ah)
Look what we've become (Ugh, enough)
All of the pain that I've been through (Stop)
Haven't I suffered enough? (Stop)
You didn't stop when I begged you
Told me to close my heart (You)
You said the world was dark (Monster)
Didn't you say that ruthlessness is mercy upon our—
[POSEIDON, spoken]
Alright, please
[ODYSSEUS drops the trident]
[POSEIDON, spoken]
After everything you've done
How will you sleep at night?
[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Next to my wife
Song Overview

Personal Review

Six Hundred Strike is the musical’s fever-pitch showdown—Odysseus’s red-eyed rampage after Poseidon drags him to the ocean floor. A wall of chanting voices counts the fallen—“Six hundred men”—while brass punches like hammer blows. The song’s engine is pure anime boss-rage: one hero, one god, one borrowed trident. You can almost see the health bars drain as Odysseus snarls, “Six hundred strike!”
Song Meaning and Annotations

The ensemble’s litany—
“Six hundred men… six hundred”—frames Odysseus’s guilt. Each repetition sits on a down-beat in 7/8, destabilising the listener like rolling surf. Rivera-Herrans said he wanted it to feel as if “your heartbeat is glitching while you level-up.”
Poseidon mocks:
“You sealed your fate just to beat me.”The orchestra drops to half-time, low strings bowing sul ponticello—a growl under the god’s taunt. But when Odysseus grabs the trident, horns erupt in E-minor pentatonic, evoking classic sh?nen “power-up” tropes.
Symbolically, the trident flip turns Poseidon’s own icon of dominion into his leash. Odysseus can’t kill a god, so he holds the weapon hostage—an inversion of helplessness that forces a cease-storm.
The final lines trade lyrical motifs: Poseidon hisses “You monster,” quoting Odysseus’s earlier plea; Odysseus fires back with Poseidon’s mantra—“Didn’t you say that ruthlessness is mercy?” It’s the saga’s thesis snapped in two.
Verse Highlights
Ensemble Chant
Four-part men’s choir layered over taiko-style toms; every “six hundred” climbs a semitone, ratcheting tension.
Odysseus’s Solo
“For every comrade, every one of my friends / Almost all of whom were slaughtered by your hand”
He belts the word “slaughtered” with an octave leap, ripping through thick synth-brass texture like a sword slash.
Detailed Annotations
With Six Hundred Strike, EPIC: The Musical reaches its volcanic climax: Odysseus, backlit by cyclonic wind, wields Poseidon’s own trident and repays a decade of sorrow. Electric guitar riffs—the sonic emblem of cunning introduced in Full Speed Ahead—cut through flute flurries quoting Aeolus’ wind-bag motif. Over this storm the drowned chorus resurfaces, chanting the tally that has haunted every saga:
Six hundred men … Six hundred men.
The ghosts fuel their captain’s final transformation from tactician to avenger.
Overview
I don’t think you seem to get it.
I can’t afford to die.
Odysseus opens with grim arithmetic: Penelope + Telemachus > any fear of gods. Each line echoes the pledge that launched the journey—“Make it back alive to our homeland”—but now the crew’s response is replaced by the crew themselves, a spectral engine that hoists the hero skyward the instant he rips open Hermes’ forbidden bag. The wrongful act unleashes Poseidon’s tempest yet also grants Odysseus aerodynamic lift, letting him seize the deity’s weapon.
Character Dynamics
Poseidon scoffs—
You sealed your fate just to beat me.
You released my storm when you opened that bag.
The sea-god assumes immortality is an insurance policy. Odysseus counters with judo logic:
You’re going to call off that storm.
—Or what? You can’t kill me.
Exactly.
If death is off the table, pain is eternal. With that, he drives the trident home. In the official animatic red light floods Odysseus’ eyes—Athena’s calm blue long gone—sparking fan theories of Ares’ “quick thought” or simply the wrath of 600 borrowed souls.
Musical Techniques
The ensemble chant overlays a descending minor progression from Keep Your Friends Close, linking the wind bag’s first appearance to its catastrophic encore. Every thrust of the trident lands on a snare crack; every wrenching withdrawal squeals on distorted guitar. Beneath Poseidon’s pleas, a hidden motif whispers—Tiresias’ prophecy from No Longer You—signaling that the seer’s warning (“It’s no longer you”) has ripened: Odysseus is now the monster.
Historical & Intertextual Threads
- Eye-for-Eye Parity. Poseidon earlier threatened to gouge Telemachus as revenge for Polyphemus. Here the father answers by skewering the god, turning Cyclopean violence upward.
- Trident Symbolism. Divine weapons in Greek myth amplify pain; using one against its owner mirrors Zeus’ lightning felled by Kratos in modern pop lore and underlines Odysseus’ unprecedented audacity.
- Full-Saga Echoes. Phrases such as “Look what you turned me into” reverberate with Monster, while Poseidon’s own cry of “Enough” mirrors the Cyclops’ groan in Survive, showing tables fully turned.
Thematic Elements
You said the world was dark—
Didn’t you say that ruthlessness is mercy…?
Odysseus hurls Poseidon’s credo back at him, a philosophical boomerang. The god finally breaks:
Alright, please.
It is the first genuine plea we hear from any Olympian in the show. Odysseus drops the trident—not out of restored mercy, but because his objective is complete: the storm must cease, not the god.
Musical Catharsis
The murder-choir softens; the electric guitar slides into the “mind” motif from Warrior of the Mind, this time on synth piano—Athena’s timbre—hinting she witnesses the carnage from afar. Yet her disciple no longer needs counsel; he has become counsel, judge, and blade.
Closing Exchange
P: After everything you’ve done, how will you sleep at night?
O: Next to my wife.
The line lands like a period carved in marble, terminating twenty-year syntax. Odyssey complete, cost accepted. The massed ghosts whisper a final benediction—half lullaby, half obituary—and the storm subsides, clearing seas for Ithaca’s distant torchlight.
SEO Touchpoints
Keywords—Six Hundred Strike lyrics, EPIC The Musical Poseidon, Odysseus trident scene—are organically woven, guiding new listeners toward the saga’s pivotal battle.
Six Hundred Strike thus operates as reckoning and release: a hero adopts the enemy’s creed, wielding it just long enough to carve a path home, then discards the weapon in the surf. Whether he can ever wash its salt from his hands awaits another dawn on Ithaca’s shore.
Song Credits

- Featured: Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Steven Rodriguez & Cast of EPIC: The Musical
- Producer / Composer / Lyricist: Jorge Rivera-Herrans
- Release Date: October 31, 2024
- Genre: Pop, Orchestral, Musical
- Instruments: War-drums, brass, distorted guitar, men’s choir, low strings
- Label: Winion Entertainment LLC
- Mood: Vengeful, Cathartic
- Length: 3 min 41 sec
- Track #: 35 on EPIC: The Vengeance Saga
- Time Signature: 7?8 verses; 4?4 choruses
- Key: E-minor shifting to G-minor bridge
- Copyright © ? 2024 Winion Entertainment LLC
Songs Exploring Revenge-Fueled Finales
“No Good Deed” (Wicked) channels Elphaba’s fury with organ blasts and flying-spell crescendos. Rivera-Herrans swaps sorcery for sea-spray, but both tracks turn grief into fire-breath.
“The Last Fight” by Bullet for My Valentine lays metal riffs under vengeful vows; “Six Hundred Strike” mirrors that intensity with orchestral armor instead of guitars.
“Bells of Notre Dame (Reprise)” (Hunchback) shows Frollo’s downfall amid flames and tolling bells; Odysseus’s storm-lift echoes the same operatic justice, only salt-water-soaked.
Questions and Answers
- How many Spotify streams does “Six Hundred Strike” have?
- 31.2 million plays as of July 2025.
- How popular is the animatic?
- Over 6.3 million YouTube views in eight months.
- Why is it called “Six Hundred Strike”?
- Six hundred men sailed with Odysseus after Troy; the title marks his vow to strike once for every fallen comrade.
- Does Odysseus kill Poseidon?
- No—he can’t kill a god; he tortures Poseidon with his own trident until the sea-god relents and calls off the storm.
- Will the storm still block Ithaca?
- Yes, physically; but symbolically Odysseus has “leveled-up,” ready for the next obstacle in “The Challenge.”
Awards and Chart Positions
The Vengeance Saga bowed at #122 on the Billboard 200 (Nov 16 2024) and the track itself entered Spotify’s US Viral 50 at #42 the same week.
How to Sing?
Range: Odysseus B2–G4; Poseidon A2–E4. Breath: tank up before each 7/8 phrase; phrases run nine syllables without break. Placement: keep Odysseus forward-mask for the belt on “SIX HUNDRED STRIKE.” Poseidon demands pharyngeal grit. Tempo: verses 134 BPM (7/8), choruses drop to 96 BPM (4/4) for stomp-down impact. Dynamics: sit at forte; only dip to mezzo-forte on the whispered “How will you sleep at night?” for contrast.
Fan and Media Reactions
“Pure boss-battle energy. My goosebumps have goosebumps.”YouTube comment
“The switch to 7/8 feels like someone yanking the boat sideways—genius.”Reddit user?—?r/Epicthemusical
“31 million streams already and it only dropped last October. Odysseus supremacy.”MusicMetricsVault report
“When he says ‘Next to my wife’—I cheered like the stadium crowd they never had.”SoundCloud listener
“Strike counts like kill-streaks, Poseidon’s trident becomes a joystick… this is gamer-theatre gold.”TikTok stitching of the animatic
Music video
Epic: The Musical Lyrics: Song List
- The Troy Saga
- The Horse and the Infant
- Just A Man
- Full Speed Ahead
- Open Arms
- Warrior of the Mind
- The Cyclops Saga
- Polyphemus
- Survive
- Remember Them
- My Goodbye
- The Ocean Saga
- Storm
- Luck Runs Out
- Keep Your Friends Close
- Ruthlessness
- The Circe Saga
- Puppeteer
- Wouldn't You Like
- Done For
- There Are Other Ways
- The Underworld Saga
- The Underworld
- No Longer You
- Monster
- The Thunder Saga
- Suffering
- Different Beast
- Scylla
- Mutiny
- Thunder Bringer
- The Wisdom Saga
- Legendary
- Little Wolf
- We’d Be Fine
- Love in Paradise
- God Games
- The Vengeance Saga
- Not Sorry For Loving You
- Dangerous
- Charybdis
- Get in the Water
- 600 Strike
- The Ithaca Saga
- The Challenge
- Hold Them Down
- Odysseus
- I Can’t Help But Wonder
- Would You Fall In Love With Me Again