Anaïs Mitchell - Epic (Part II) Lyrics |
2010 Folk Opera Anaïs Mitchell HADESTOWN - Epic (Part II) Lyrics
ORPHEUS Heavy and hard is the heart of the king King of iron, king of steel The heart of the king loves everything Like the hammer loves the nail
But the heart of a man is a simple one Small and soft, flesh and blood And all that it loves is a woman A woman is all that it loves
And Hades is king of the scythe and the sword He covers the world in the color of rust He scrapes the sky and scars the earth And he comes down heavy and hard on us
But even that hardest of hearts unhardened Suddenly, when he saw her there Persephone in her mother’s garden Sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair
The smell of the flowers she held in her hand And the pollen that fell from her fingertips And suddenly Hades was only a man With a taste of nectar upon his lips, singing: La la la la la la la…
[Thanks to Gavin for lyrics]
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Anaïs Mitchell HADESTOWN Lyrics
Wedding Song Epic (Part I) Way Down Hadestown Hey, Little Songbird Gone, I'm Gone When The Chips Are Down Wait For Me Why We Build The Wall Our Lady Of The Underground Flowers (Eurydice's Song) Nothing Changes If It's True How Long? Epic (Part II) His Kiss, The Riot Doubt Comes In I Raise My Cup To Him
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