Epic III Lyrics - Hadestown

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Hadestown Lyrics
  1. Act 1
  2. Road to Hell - Hermes, Company
  3. Any Way the Wind Blows - Hermes, The Fates, Eurydice, Orpheus
  4. Come Home With Me - Orpheus, Eurydice, Company
  5. Wedding Song - Eurydice, Orpheus, Company
  6. Epic I - Hermes, Orpheus
  7. Living It Up On Top - Hermes, Persephone, Orpheus, Company
  8. All I've Ever Known - Eurydice, Orpheus
  9. Way Down Hadestown - Hermes, Persephone, The Fates, Company
  10. Epic II - Orpheus
  11. Chant - Persephone, Hades, Eurydice, Orpheus, Company
  12. Hey, Little Songbird - Hades, Eurydice
  13. When The Chips Are Down - The Fates, Eurydice
  14. Gone, I'm Gone - Eurydice, The Fates
  15. Wait For Me - Hermes, Orpheus, Company
  16. Why We Build the Wall - Hades, Eurydice, Company
  17. Act 2
  18. Our Lady of the Underground - Persephone, Company
  19. Way Down Hadestown II - Fates, Eurydice, Hermes, Company
  20. Flowers - Eurydice
  21. Come Home With Me II - Orpheus, Eurydice
  22. Papers - Hades, Hermes, Orpheus, Instrumental
  23. Nothing Changes - The Fates
  24. If It's True - Orpheus, Hermes, Company
  25. How Long - Persephone, Hades
  26. Chant II - Hermes, Hades, Orpheus, Persephone, Eurydice, Company
  27. Epic III - Orpheus, Company
  28. Promises - Eurydice, Orpheus
  29. Word to the Wise - The Fates
  30. His Kiss, The Riot - Hades
  31. Wait For Me II - Company
  32. Doubt Comes In - The Fates, Orpheus, Eurydice, Company
  33. Road to Hell II - Hermes, Company
  34. I Raise My Cup - Persephone, Company

Epic III Lyrics

Orpheus, Company

Epic III

[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…

[COMPANY]
La la la la la la la…

[ORPHEUS]
And what has become of the heart of that man,
Now that the man is King?
What has become of the heart of that man,
Now that he has everything?

The more he has, the more he holds,
The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders
See how he labors beneath that load
Afraid to look up, and afraid to let go
And he keeps his head low, and he keeps his back bending
He grows so afraid that he'll lose what he owns
But what he doesn't know is that what he's defending
Is already gone

Where is the treasure inside your chest?
Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?
Where is the man with his hat in his hands?
Who stands in the garden with nothing to lose, singing:
La la la la la la la…

[HADES]
La la la la la la la…

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la…

[BOTH]
La la la la la la la…




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