Epic (Part I)
ORPHEUS
King of diamonds, king of spades!
Hades was king of the kingdom of dirt
Miners of mines, diggers of graves
They bowed down to Hades who gave them work
And they bowed down to Hades who made them sweat
Who paid them their wages and set them about
Digging and dredging and dragging the depths
Of the earth to turn its insides out, singing
La lalala lala la King of mortar, king of bricks
The River Styx was a river of stones
And Hades laid them high and thick
With a million hands that were not his own
And a million feet that fell in line
And stepped in time with Hades' step
And a million minds that were just one mind
Like stones in a row
And stone by stone
And row by row
The River rose up
Singing
La lalala lala la
King of diamonds, king of spades!
Hades was king of the kingdom of dirt
Miners of mines, diggers of graves
They bowed down to Hades who gave them work
And they bowed down to Hades who made them sweat
Who paid them their wages and set them about
Digging and dredging and dragging the depths
Of the earth to turn its insides out, singing
La lalala lala la King of mortar, king of bricks
The River Styx was a river of stones
And Hades laid them high and thick
With a million hands that were not his own
And a million feet that fell in line
And stepped in time with Hades' step
And a million minds that were just one mind
Like stones in a row
And stone by stone
And row by row
The River rose up
Singing
La lalala lala la
Credits
Writer(s): Anais Mitchell
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Other Album Tracks
- Wedding Song (feat. Justin Vernon)
- Epic (Part I)
- Way Down Hadestown (feat. Ani DiFranco & Ben Knox Miller)
- Songbird Intro
- Hey, Little Songbird (feat. Greg Brown)
- Gone, I’m Gone (feat. The Haden Triplets)
- When The Chips Are Down (feat. The Haden Triplets)
- Why We Build The Wall (feat. Greg Brown)
- Our Lady Of The Underground (feat. Ani DiFranco)
- Flowers (Eurydice’s Song)
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