Epic I

"Epic I" is the fifth song in "Hadestown".

Lyrics
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