What’s your favourite lyric from hadestown ?
lmao imagine me picking ONE lyric
this is hard because some lyrics are beautiful all on their own and some don’t really hit you until you see the show itself and watch it played out but then WOW
here’s a whole long ass list of my favorites though:
- to the world we dream about, and the one we live in now. (is this even a lyric? who cares it counts it’s literally in my blog description)
- i was alone so long, i didn’t even know that i was lonely. out in the cold so long, i didn’t even know that i was cold.
- suddenly, the sunlight, bright and warm; suddenly, i’m holding the world in my arms.
- give him your hand, he’ll give you his hand…to mouth. he’ll write you a poem when the power is out.
- you want stars? i got a skyful. put a quarter in the slot, you’ll get an eyeful. you want the moon? i got her, too; she’s right here waiting in my pay-per-view.
- dreams are sweet until they’re not. men are kind until they aren’t. flowers bloom until they rot and fall apart.
- but the ones who tell the lies are the solemnest to swear, and the ones who roll the dice always say the throw is fair. and the ones who deal the cards are the ones who take the tricks, with their hands over their hearts as we play the game they fix. and the ones who speak the words always say it is the last, and no answer will be heard to the question no one asks.
- i believe that we are many, i believe that they are few, and it isn’t for the few to tell the many what is true.
- (literally just all of if it’s true)
- 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, and 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, is already gone.
- every coward seems courageous in the safety of a crowd. bravery can be contagious, when the band is playing loud.
- show the way so we can see, show the way the world can be. if you can do it, so can she. if she can do it, so can we.
- it’s time for spring. we’ll try again next fall. (wait for me?) i will.
- i’ll tell you where the real road lies: between your ears, behind your eyes. that is the path to paradise, and likewise the road to ruin.
- ‘cause here’s the thing: to know how it ends, and still begin to sing it again, as if it might turn out this time…i learned that from a friend of mine.
- can you see it? can you hear it? can you FEEL it, like a train? is it coming? is it coming this way?
- it’s a sad song, but we keep singing, even so.
- but the one who blooms in the bitter snow, i raise my cup to him.
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