Epic (Part II)
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 he loves is a woman
A woman is all that he 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 the 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 lalala lala la
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 he loves is a woman
A woman is all that he 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 the 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 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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