Reeve Carney & André De Shields - Epic I Lyrics

Lyrics Epic I - Reeve Carney & André De Shields



Where'd you get that melody?
I don't know
It came to me
As if I'd known it all along
You have
It's an old song
A song of love from long ago
Long-time since I heard it though
You've heard that melody before?
Sure
Tell me more
Remember the tale I told you once about the Gods?
Which ones?
Hades and Persephone
Remember how it used to be?
Their love that made the world go round
Yeah, I remember now
But that was long ago
Tell it again though
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 greenfield
He fell in love with Persephone
Who was gathering flowers in the light of the sun
And he took her home to become his queen
Where the sun never shone
On anyone
Go on...
The lady loved him and the kingdom they shared
But without her above, not one flower would grow
So King Hades agreed that for half of each year
She would stay with him there in his world down below
But the other half, she could walk in the sun
And the sun, in turn, burned twice as bright
Which is where the seasons come from
And with them, the cycle
Of the seed and the sickle
And the lives of the people
And the birds in their flight
Singing...
La la la la la la la...
Down below and up above
La la la la la la la...
In harmony and rhythm
La la la la la la la...
The Gods sang his song of love
La la la la la la la...
And the world sang it with them
But that was long ago
Before we were on this road



Writer(s): Anais Mitchell


Reeve Carney & André De Shields - Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Album Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
date of release
21-06-2019

1 Road to Hell
2 Any Way the Wind Blows
3 Come Home with Me
4 Wedding Song
5 Epic I
6 Livin' it Up on Top
7 All I've Ever Known ("In spite of herself...") [Intro]
8 All I've Ever Known
9 Way Down Hadestown
10 A Gathering Storm
11 Epic II
12 Chant
13 Hey, Little Songbird
14 When the Chips are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake...") [Intro]
15 When the Chips are Down
16 Gone, I'm Gone
17 Wait for Me ("Hey, The big artiste...") [Intro]
18 Wait for Me
19 Why We Build the Wall
20 Our Lady of the Underground
21 Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)
22 Flowers
23 Come Home with Me (Reprise)
24 Papers (“You’re not from around here, son…”) [Intro]
25 Papers (Instrumental)
26 Nothing Changes
27 If it's True
28 How Long?
29 Chant (Reprise)
30 Epic III
31 Epic III (“They danced…”) [Instrumental]
32 Promises
33 Word to the Wise
34 His Kiss, The Riot
35 Wait for Me ("If you wanna walk out of hell...") [Intro] [Reprise]
36 Wait for Me (Reprise)
37 Doubt Comes In
38 Road to Hell (Reprise)
39 We Raise our Cups



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