The Frogs - Hymn to Dionysos (reprise) Lyrics

2004 Broadway
The Frogs The Musical - Hymn to Dionysos (reprise) Lyrics


Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

SHAKESPEARE:
Farewell, my liege.
Now no way can I stray save back to earth.
I pray you lead the way.

ARIADNE:
Dionysos
Dionysos
Dionysos
Bring the sound of poets
In a blaze of words to a heedless earth,
Evoe!

Alalai! Alalai!
Evoe!
Alalalalalalai!

DIONYSIANS:
Dionysos,
Bring the taste of wisdom
In a feast of words to a hungry earth.

Evoe!
Alalai! Alalai!
Evoe!
Alalalalalalai!

Dionysos,
Bring the taste of words,
Bring the sounds of wit,
Bring a sense of purpose,
Bring the feel of passion,
Bring the glow of thought
To a darkening earth.
Evoe!
Alalai! Alalai!
Evoe!
Alalalalalalalalai!

Evoe!
Alalai! Alalai!
Evoe!
Alalalalalalai!

DIONYSOS:
The frogs are quiet tonight.

CHARON:
Maybe you scared them off.

DIONYSOS:
I doubt that.

CHARON:
Say, isn't that William Shakespeare?

DIONYSOS:
Why yes, it is.

CHARON:
The ride's on me.

DIONYSOS:
Thank you, Charon.

DIONYSOS:
Say something.

SHAKESPEARE:
Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise,
three-piled hyperbole?

DIONYSOS:
Well...

SHAKESPEARE:
Remember, sir, words are not deeds.

DIONYSOS:
Yet do they ease the heart.

SHAKESPEARE:
Aye sir, yet a new beginning calls for a new play.
The weight of this sad time we must obey.
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

DIONYSOS:
Yes, speak what we feel.
Dare I say it -- what have we learned?
We must participate or prepare to be burned.
Frogs will be frogs and life's for the living.
Man must use his brain or there'll be much misgiving.
I've taken a chance, I've brought back a poet.
Let's take charge of the world before it's gone as we know it.



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The Frogs The Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Opening Fanfare
Invocation and Instructions to the Audience
I Love to Travel
Dress Big
I Love to Travel (reprise)
All Aboard
Ariadne
The Frogs
Hymn to Dionysos
Hades
It's Only a Play
Shaw
Fear No More
All Aboard (reprise)
Hymn to Dionysos (reprise)
Final Instructions to the Audience