André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, Kimberly Marable, John Krause & Ahmad Simmons
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Ahmad Simmons & Kimberly Marable
Reeve Carney & André De Shields
Amber Gray, André De Shields, Reeve Carney & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
André De Shields
Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Reeve Carney
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Patrick Page & Eva Noblezada
André De Shields
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad & Eva Noblezada
Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
André De Shields & Reeve Carney
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Patrick Page & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
André De Shields
Amber Gray
André De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Eva Noblezada, Timothy Hughes, Malcolm Armwood, Jessie Shelton, Kimberly Marable, Khaila Wilcoxon, Ahmad Simmons, Afra Hines, T. Oliver Reid & John Krause
Eva Noblezada
Reeve Carney & Eva Noblezada
Patrick Page, Amber Gray, André De Shields, Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable & Ahmad Simmons
Amber Gray & Patrick Page
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Reeve Carney & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Patrick Page
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, Kimberly Marable, John Krause & Ahmad Simmons
André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Afra Hines, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, Timothy Hughes & Ahmad Simmons
André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
What are you afraid of?
[HADES, spoken]
What?
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
He's just a boy in love
[HADES, spoken]
Have a drink, why don't you?
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
No, I've had enough
He loves that girl, Hades
[HADES, spoken]
Well that's too bad
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
He has the kind of love for her that you and I once had
[HADES, spoken]
The girl means nothing to me
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
I know, but she means everything to him
[HADES, spoken]
So?
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Let her go
(sung)
Hades my husband, Hades my light
Hades my darkness
If you had heard how he sang tonight
You'd pity poor Orpheus
All of the 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?
[HADES]
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 they'll take it all
Show them a crack they'll tear down the wall
Lend them an ear and the kingdom will fall
The kingdom will fall for a song
[PERSEPHONE]
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
[HADES]
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?
[PERSEPHONE]
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 must go on rising
[HADES and PERSEPHONE]
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?
How Long? was written by Anaïs Mitchell.
How Long? was produced by Todd Sickafoose & David Lai & Anaïs Mitchell.
Amber Gray & Patrick Page released How Long? on Fri Jun 28 2019.