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If you've watched It or K-12, please talk to me about them. I'm desperate. 

[WORKERS]Low, keep your head, keep your head lowOh, you gotta keep your head lowIf you wanna keep your headOh, you gotta keep your head lowKeep your head, keep your head lowOh, you gotta keep your head lowIf you wanna keep your headOh, you gotta keep your head


[PERSEPHONE]In the coldest time of yearWhy is it so hot down here?Hotter than a crucibleIt ain't right and it ain't natural


"Again?" asked a slightly exasperated Hermes.

[HADES]Lover, you were gone so longLover, I was lonesomeSo I built a foundryIn the ground beneath your feetHere, I fashioned things of steelOil drums and automobilesThen I kept that furnace fedWith the fossils of the deadLover, when you feel that fireThink of it as my desireThink of it as my desire for you!


"Not that I've ever dated anyone, but that doesn't really sound that appealing to me." Elizabeth said, to which, Persephone nodded.

[ORPHEUS (WORKERS)]La la la laLa la la la laLa la, la laLa la la la la la la la la la laLa la la la la laLa laLa la la la la laLa la la la la laLa la la la la la


Eurydice quietly teased Orpheus for his constant use of "la la la".

[WORKERS & (ORPHEUS)]Low, keep your head, keep your head low(La la la la la la la...)Oh, you gotta keep your head lowIf you wanna keep your head(La la la la la la la...)Oh, you gotta keep your head low(La la la la la la la...)Keep your head, keep your head lowOh, you gotta keep your head low(La la la la la la la...)If you wanna keep your head


[EURYDICE & (HERMES), spoken (during previous stanza)]Is it finished?(Not yet.)Is he always like this?


"Kind of." Hermes said teasingly.

[EURYDICE and (FATES)]Looking high and looking lowFor the food and firewood I knowWe need to find and I amKeeping one eye on the sky andTryin' to trust that the song he's working on is gonna(Oooooh)Shelter us(Oooooh)From the wind, the wind, the wind(Oooooh)


Persephone looked over at the young lovers noticing the fact that they were going to have some troubles if Orpheus didn't help Eurydice soon.

[PERSEPHONE]In the darkest time of yearWhy is it so bright down here?Brighter than a carnivalIt ain't right and it ain't natural


"What's a carnival?" asked Hades wanting to know what Hadestown was being compared to.

"Uh, it's basically a place that has a ton of rides and games, and has a lot of lights." Elizabeth said.

[HADES]Lover, you were gone so longLover, I was lonesomeSo I laid a power gridIn the ground on which you stoodAnd wasn't it electrifyingWhen I made the neon shine!Silver screen, cathode rayBrighter than the light of dayLover, when you see that glareThink of it as my despairThink of it as my despair for you!

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