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Anais Mitchell
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PERSEPHONE
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Hades, my husband, Hades, my light
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Hades, my darkness
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If you had heard how he sang tonight
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You?d pity poor Orpheus!
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All of his sorrow won?t fit in his chest
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It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest
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And his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest
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How long, how long, how long?
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HADES
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How long? Just as long as Hades is King
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Nothing comes of wishing on stars
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And nothing comes of the songs people sing
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However sorry they are
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Give them a piece and they?ll take it all
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Show them the crack and they?ll tear down the wall
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Lend them an ear and the Kingdom will fall
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The Kingdom will fall for a song
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PERSEPHONE
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What does he care for the logic of kings?
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The laws of your underworld?
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It is only for love that he sings!
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He sings for the love of a girl
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HADES
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You and your pity don?t fit in my bed
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You just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed
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And I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed
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How long, how long, how long?
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PERSEPHONE
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How long? Just as long as I am your wife
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It?s true the earth must die
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But then the earth comes back to life
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And the sun just goes on rising
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HADES & PERSEPHONE
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And how does the sun even fit in the sky?
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It just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky
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And the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky
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How long, how long, how long?
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