Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song How Long?, artist - Anaïs Mitchell.
Date of issue: 25.04.2010
Song language: English
How Long? |
Hades, my husband, Hades, my light |
Hades, my darkness |
If you had heard how he sang tonight |
You’d pity poor Orpheus! |
All of his sorrow won’t fit in his chest |
It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest |
And his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest |
How long, how long, how long? |
How long? |
Just as long as Hades is King |
Nothing comes of wishing on stars |
And nothing comes of the songs people sing |
However sorry they are |
Give them a piece and they’ll take it all |
Show them the crack and they’ll tear down the wall |
Lend them an ear and the Kingdom will fall |
The Kingdom will fall for a song |
What does he care for the logic of kings? |
The laws of your underworld? |
It is only for love that he sings! |
He sings for the love of a girl! |
You and your pity don’t fit in my bed |
You just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed |
And I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed |
How long, how long, how long? |
How long? |
Just as long as I am your wife |
It’s true the earth must die |
But then the earth comes back to life |
And the sun just goes on rising |
And how does the sun even fit in the sky? |
It just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky |
And the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky |
How long, how long, how long? |