Epic, Pt. 2 (feat. Justin Vernon) - Anaïs Mitchell

My heart's in the ice house come hill or come valley Like a long ago sunday when I walked through the alley On a cold winter's morning to a church house Just to shovel some snow. I heard sirens on the train track howl naked gettin' nuder, An altar boy's been hit by a local commuter Just from walking with his back turned To the train that was coming so slow. You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder, Throw your hands in the air, say "what does it matter?" But it don't do no good to get angry, So help me I know For a heart strained in anger grows weak and grows bitter. You become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there Wrapped up in a trap of your very own Chain of sorrow. I been brought down to zero, pulled out and put back there. I sat on a park bench, kissed the girl with black hair And my head shouted down to my heart "You better look out below!" Hey, it ain't such a long drop don't stammer don't stutter From the diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter And you carry those bruises to remind you wherever you go. You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder, Throw your hands in the air, say "what does it matter?" But it don't do no good to get angry, So help me I know For a heart strained in anger grows weak and grows bitter. You become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there Wrapped up in a trap of your very own Chain of sorrow

HERMES Follow that dollar for a long way down Far away from the poorhouse door Either get to hell or to Hadestown Ain't no difference anymore Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground Hound dog howl and the whistle blow Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack Nobody knows where that old train goes Those who go they don't come back Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground PERSEPHONE Winter's nigh and summer's o'er I hear that high and lonesome sound Of my husband coming for To bring me home to Hadestown Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground EURYDICE Everybody dresses in clothes so fine Everybody's pockets are weighted down Everybody sipping ambrosia wine In a goldmine in Hadestown Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground ORPHEUS Everybody hungry, everybody tired Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow The wage is nothing and the work is hard It's a graveyard in Hadestown Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground FATES Every little penny in the wishing well Every little nickel on the drum All them shiny little heads and tails Where do you think they come from? They come from way down Hadestown Way down under the ground ORPHEUS & HERMES Mister Hades is a mean old boss With a silver whistle and a golden scale An eye for an eye! And he weighs the cost A lie for a lie! And your soul for sale Sold! To the king on the chromium throne Thrown! To the bottom of a sing-sing cell Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan And you better forget about your wishing well Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground EURYDICE Mr. Hades is a mighty king Must be making some mighty big deals Seems like he owns everything Kind of makes you wonder how it feels Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground Way down Hadestown Way down under the ground Way down under the ground Way down under the ground

I get fixated, some might say that I go too far Like candy blue, all my tattoos up and down my arms I buy too many watches, Jordan's fill up my closet I got a thing about tequila when I drink at the bar Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Your daily habits, yoga mats in the living room You're kinda messy, but it messes me up so good My fault if I'm caught watching Everything that moves when you're walking Can't sober up 'cause I'm drunk off of your perfume One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession (oh, my new obsession) Oh, oh

While I'm here I wanna fix my daddy's pick-up and disappear Put the pedal to the floor and the past in the rearview mirror Just drive Keep the dream alive You only get one life I'm gonna live it While I'm here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here While I'm around I wanna get that peace of mind thing figured out Find a red-hot honey that won't go running if the money runs out Ooh and it always runs out But that ain't what it's all about So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Here) Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far (I wanna go too far, yeah) I wanna play too hard I wana live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself (lose myself) In someone else I wana feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up Do everything I wanna while I'm here I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here