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Hadestown - How Long Lyrics |
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2016 stage musical adaptation of a folk opera by Anaïs Mitchell
HADESTOWN the Musical - How Long? Lyrics
PERSEPHONE
Hades, my husband, Hades, my light
Hades, my darkness
If you had heard how he sang tonight
You’d pity poor Orpheus!
All of his sorrow won’t fit in his chest
It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest
And his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest
How long, how long, how long?
HADES
How long? Just as long as Hades is King
Nothing comes of wishing on stars
And nothing comes of the songs people sing
However sorry they are
Give them a piece and they’ll take it all
Show them the crack and they’ll tear down the wall
Lend them an ear and the Kingdom will fall
The Kingdom will fall for a song
PERSEPHONE
What does he care for the logic of kings?
The laws of your underworld?
It is only for love that he sings!
He sings for the love of a girl
HADES
You and your pity don’t fit in my bed
You just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed
And I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed
How long, how long, how long?
PERSEPHONE
How long? Just as long as I am your wife
It’s true the earth must die
But then the earth comes back to life
And the sun just goes on rising
HADES & PERSEPHONE
And how does the sun even fit in the sky?
It just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky
And the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky
How long, how long, how long?
[Thanks to Gavin for lyrics]
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SYNOPSIS
Any Way the Wind Blows
Road to Hell
Come Home With Me
Wedding Song
Epic 1
Living It Up On Top
All I've Ever Known
Way Down Hadestown
Epct 2
Epic (Part II) / Chant
Hey Little Songbird
When the Chips are Down
Gone, I'm Gone
Wait For Me
Why We Build the Wall
Our Lady of the Underground
Way Down Hadestown II
Flowers
Come Home With Me II
Papers
Nothing Changes
If It's True
How Long
Chant II
Epic (Part III)
Word to the Wise
His Kiss, The Riot
Promises
Wait For Me II
Doubt Comes In
Road to Hell II
I Raise My Cup
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