Dangerous Lyrics – Epic: The Musical
Dangerous Lyrics
Hermes?
[HERMES, spoken]
Ahahahahaha, hello old friend
[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
So you're the one who talked to Calypso?
Why are you here?
[HERMES]
You're being given a final option
Consider this your one last chance
To make it back home and abandon caution
Wash it away like the blood your hands have known
I know if you dance with fate
Then I know, I know you'll enhance your state
[ODYSSEUS]
If your plan's so great then why'd you wait to say it?
[HERMES]
Well it's a little bit dangerous, my friend
You'll need a mindset change for this
You cannot get away with playing safe for this
You wanna get home?
Put it all on the line
And put your whol? brain in it
Remember ?very trick in your domain for this
You gotta treat it like it is the main event
You wanna get home?
Put it all on the line
Be dangerous
[ODYSSEUS]
Alright, I'm in, what do I do?
[HERMES]
First stop, uncharted waters
When lost, look towards the sky
Follow the north star, no matter how far
You think you're going, you keep on rowing
When strangers lurk around the isle
When danger greets you with a smile
Fight your way through, do what you must do
But no matter what, keep moving
It's gonna be dangerous, my friend
You'll need a mindset change for this
You cannot get away with playing safe for this
You wanna get home?
Put it all on the line
And put your whole brain in it
Remember every trick in your domain for this
You gotta treat it like it is the main event
You wanna get home?
Put it all on the line
Be dangerous
Song Overview

Personal Review

Dangerous lunges forward on snarling synth-pop bass and orchestral brass, a musical dare as Hermes tempts Odysseus to gamble everything. The lyrics punch like a sparring partner: “You wanna get home? Put it all on the line.” One snapshot: Odysseus gripping a storm-stuffed wind-bag, torn between safety and a reckless sprint toward Ithaca—an image that sings of grit and hubris.
Song Meaning and Annotations

Odysseus opens with survivor’s guilt—
“Six hundred men / Six hundred deaths under my command”—a stark roll-call over muted low strings. Enter Hermes, his voice slick with mischief, offering a Faustian roadmap. The production flips to kinetic drums and funk-slapped bass, echoing the god’s restless energy.
The chorus—“It’s gonna be dangerous, my friend / You need a mindset change for this”—deploys syncopated horns and call-and-response chants, evoking an 80 s training montage spliced with epic theatre. Each lyrical imperative (“fight,” “row,” “be dangerous”) mirrors Odysseus’s internal command code.
Musically, Rivera-Herrans welds synth-pop brightness to Broadway orchestration: shimmering arpeggiators skate beneath French-horn blasts; choir stabs nod to ancient Greek chorus. The result feels like Daft Punk jamming with a pit orchestra at sea.
Written in a single overnight burst after a marathon game of Hades, the demo first surfaced on TikTok in April 2024, where fans nicknamed it “Hermes’s hype track.”
Symbolically, the sealed wind-bag embodies restraint; Hermes urges Odysseus to rip it open—embrace risk—yet the storm inside foreshadows Poseidon’s wrath. Danger, here, is both tool and trap.
Verse Highlights
Verse 1
Odysseus counts casualties, the melody dipping a minor third on each “six hundred,” like tolling bells of accountability.
Chorus
“You gotta treat it like it is the main event / You wanna get home? Put it all on the line”
The chorus vaults a full octave, underscoring Hermes’s push from caution to audacity.
Detailed Annotations
On a rough-hewn raft somewhere in the wine-dark sea, Dangerous thrusts Odysseus back into open water—this time alone. The once-proud commander who left Troy with “six hundred men” now counts “six hundred deaths under my command,” his voice echoing the opening of Full Speed Ahead yet hollowed by loss. Hermes, the silver-tongued messenger, descends with one last set of instructions and a challenge: embrace ruthlessness or drift forever. The song crackles with urgency, mixing funk-bright brass hits and a dance-floor groove that mirrors Hermes’ trickster swagger.
Overview
Six hundred men
Six hundred deaths under my command
'Cause I had one goal in mind.
The line copies Full Speed Ahead almost verbatim but omits the crew’s old reply—“Make it back alive to our homeland.” That missing call-and-response stings like silence at roll-call, underlining that the fleet lies at the bottom of Poseidon’s sea. When Odysseus adds,
No fleet, no band
Only this raft that I made by hand.
the music leaves a brief gap where his men once sang—a ghostly pause that hammers the point home: every oar, drum, and friendly voice is gone.
Character Dynamics
All you have to do is not open this bag.
Hermes reappears with the infamous wind-bag first introduced by Aeolus in Keep Your Friends Close. The challenge has changed; there is no mutinous crew to blame if curiosity wins. Instead, Odysseus must master his own desperation. Hermes’ greeting—
Hello, old friend.
—nods to their earlier meeting in Wouldn’t You Like. The messenger’s laugh and slick choreography in the official animatic frame the encounter less as divine aid and more as a high-stakes sales pitch: risk everything, “be dangerous,” or rot at sea.
Musical Techniques
Hermes’ verses ride a disco-funk bass line, punctuated by syncopated claps that evoke a casino dealer slapping cards—chance and cunning in every beat. When he sings,
You need a mindset change for this
You cannot get away with playing safe for this,
the horns puncture each clause like exclamation points. Odysseus’ replies, by contrast, sit lower in the mix—gravelly, tightly coiled, ready to spring.
The chorus—“Be dangerous”—mirrors Poseidon’s mantra in Ruthlessness. Where the sea-god’s instrumentation felt tidal and ominous, Hermes rebrands the idea with pulsing synth stabs, turning moral compromise into a club anthem.
Thematic Elements
To make it back home and abandon caution
Wash it away like the blood your hands have known.
Hermes urges Odysseus to jettison guilt as ballast. The messenger cites “blood your hands have known,” referencing slaughter at Troy, Polyphemus, Scylla, and every crewman lost to divine tempers. Odysseus has already drifted toward the darker creed—he declared “I’m gonna use ruthlessness” in Monster—but Hermes argues that survival now requires total commitment.
And put your whole brain in it
Remember every trick in your domain for this.
The line celebrates Odysseus’ signature trait—cunning. Hermes reminds him that Athena’s Warrior of the Mind lessons are still tools, even if the goddess herself remains distant. The lyric also alludes to Odysseus’ heritage; Hermes is great-grandfather to the hero through Autolycus, making this pep talk a family affair.
Mythic & Narrative References
- Uncharted waters, north star: Classic mariner lore—Polaris sits nearly fixed above the pole, a navigational anchor since antiquity.
- “When strangers lurk around the isle / When danger greets you with a smile”: Foreshadows Charybdis and perhaps the disguised Odysseus who will later stalk his own palace like a stranger.
- The Wind-Bag: Hermes and his “Winions” reclaim Aeolus’ sack after it was lost in Ruthlessness. Its new, sinister property—howling voices luring mortals to open it—fits Aeolus’ earlier warning and adds a layer of quasi-curse: curiosity equals self-destruction.
Psychological Stakes
Don't you know that danger is my friend?
My whole life I've trained for this.
Odysseus reasserts identity: hero of ambush tactics, veteran of Trojan trickery, and now sole survivor. Yet the boast carries exhaustion—“I cannot tell you how much I have paid for this.” He has lost men, mother, moral compass, even Athena’s mentorship. With nothing left to lose, risk feels like destiny.
Hermes’ Exit
Don't thank me, friend
I'm not the one who fought for you.
This redirects gratitude to Athena, who dueled six Olympians in God Games to secure Odysseus’ release. Odysseus, unaware, asks, “Then who?” Hermes leaves with a signature laugh, owl-wing symbolism hanging in the air. The revelation will land later, deepening the pathos of estranged teacher and student.
Parallels & Contrasts
Poseidon vs. Hermes: Both divine voices push ruthlessness, yet the sea-god framed it as cosmic law, whereas Hermes sells it like self-help. This contrast sharpens Odysseus’ moral dilemma: is he ascending to pragmatic heroism or descending into the gods’ own amorality?
Father and Son: The “mindset change” mirrors Telemachus’ earlier wish in Legendary—“I know life and fate are scary, but I wanna be legendary.” Father and son now chase the same ruthless ideal on different seas: one spiritual, one literal.
Conclusion
Dangerous flips the odyssey’s compass from external monsters to internal will. Hermes delivers a cosmic dare: keep the wind-bag shut, steer by starlight, fight everything, and embrace danger as ally. The groove fades with Odysseus gripping the sack, eyes on the horizon, mind racing through every trick he’s ever learned. The next whirlpool, monster, or god may spell doom—but for now, the king of Ithaca chooses risk, and the music insists that risk is the only road left home.
Song Credits

- Featured: Jorge Rivera-Herrans, TROY, Diana Rivera-Herrans
- Producer: Jorge Rivera-Herrans
- Composer/Lyricist: Jorge Rivera-Herrans
- Release Date: October 31, 2024
- Genre: Pop, Synth-Pop, Musical
- Instruments: Synth bass, brass, electric guitar, percussion, choir
- Label: Winion Entertainment LLC
- Mood: Urgent, Intrepid
- Length: 3 : 31
- Track #: 32 on EPIC: The Musical
- Language: English
- Album: EPIC: The Vengeance Saga
- Music Style: Synth-pop/theatrical fusion
- Poetic Meter: Trochaic commands over iambic reflection
- Copyrights © ? 2024 Winion Entertainment LLC
Songs Exploring Themes of Risk and Ambition
“Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor thrives on a similar adrenaline rush. While Survivor leans on stadium guitars and 4/4 kick, “Dangerous” layers digital pulses over cinematic horns, but both tracks hammer the credo: stake everything to seize victory.
“My Shot” from Hamilton frames self-determination through hip-hop cadences. Meanwhile, Hermes’s slick patter mirrors Hamilton’s urgency, yet Rivera-Herrans swaps colonial fervor for mythic stakes and an 808-meets-orchestra groove.
“Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen channels unstoppable momentum; Freddie’s piano-rock euphoria contrasts Hermes’s sly funk, yet both songs champion throwing caution to the wind—quite literally in Odysseus’s case.
Questions and Answers
- Who voices Hermes in the recording?
- TROY (Troy Doherty) delivers Hermes’s swagger-laden vocals.
- What mythic object is the “wind bag”?
- It contains Aeolus’s captured storm, meant to calm Poseidon’s blockade—open it, and the voyage resets to square one.
- How long did the demo circulate before release?
- Roughly six months: first teased on TikTok in April 2024, officially dropped with The Vengeance Saga on October 31.
- Did the song chart individually?
- Streaming-only, it entered Spotify’s US Viral 50 at #37 the week of November 8, 2024.
- Why is Hermes portrayed as a motivator?
- Rivera-Herrans calls Hermes “the hype-man of Olympus,” the rare god who helps rather than hinders, thus earning a funk-driven anthem.
Awards and Chart Positions
EPIC: The Vengeance Saga debuted at #122 on the Billboard 200 for the week of November 16 2024 and peaked at #10 on the US iTunes albums chart by December 27 2024.
How to Sing?
Vocal Range: Odysseus runs B2 – F#4; Hermes sails from D3 – A4 with falsetto ad-libs. Breathing: grab quick rib-expansion breaths before each “dangerous” hook; the phrase lands on a long chest-voice F#4. Tempo: 100 BPM—lock the groove, then lean into micro-delays on Hermes’s spoken interjections. Dynamics: start verses in mezzo-forte story-telling; crescendo to fortissimo on “put it all on the line.” Articulation: punch plosives in “plan’s so great” to cut through the dense mix.
Fan and Media Reactions
“God damn — Dangerous is good.”Reddit user on r/Epicthemusical
“Don’t you know that danger is my friend?” (still rings in my head).Thread on r/Epicthemusical
“Hermes hype track? More like the gym anthem of Mount Olympus.”Comment on fan animatic (3.2 M views)
“EPIC keeps topping Cast Albums—TikTok has turned the Odyssey into Gen Alpha’s favorite adventure.”The Guardian, December 21 2024
“The synth line slaps so hard I forget we’re talking Homer.”SoundCloud listener
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