Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song How Long? , by - Anaïs Mitchell. Release date: 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? |