How Long?

[Persephone]

What are you afraid of?

[Hades]

What?

[Persephone]

He's just a boy in love

[Hades]

Have a drink, why don't you?

[Persephone]

No, I've had enough

He loves that girl, Hades

[Hades]

Well that's too bad

[Persephone]

He has the kind of love for her that you and I once had

[Hades]

The girl means nothing to me

[Persephone]

I know, but she means everything to him

[Hades]

So?

[Persephone]

Let her go

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?