Hadestown - Epic Iii
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King of shadows
King of shades
Hades was king of the Underworld
But he fell in love with a
beautiful lady
Who walked up above
In her mother's green field
He fell in love with Persephone
Who was gathering flowers in the
light of the sun
And I know how it was because
He was like me
A man in love with a woman
Singing la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
And you didn't know how
And you didn't know why
But you knew that you wanted to
take her home
You saw her alone there, against
the sky
It was like she was someone
You'd always known
It was like you were holding the
world when you held her
Like yours were the arms that
the whole world was in
And there were no words for the
way that you felt
So you opened your mouth
And you started to sing:
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
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La la
La la la la la
La la
La la
La la la la la la
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
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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
So he keeps his head low, he
keeps his back bending
He's grown so afraid that he'll
lose what he owns
But what he doesn't know is that
what he's defending
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Is already gone
Where is the treasure inside of
your chest?
Where is your pleasure? Where is
your youth?
Where is the man with his arms
outstretched?
To the woman he loves
With nothing to lose
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