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If It's True

So, I've started listening to Melanie Martinez more again, and I was listening to her song called Drama Club, then promptly got an email about my schools drama club. 

[ORPHEUS]
If it's true what they say
If there's nothing to be done
If it's true then it's too late
And the girl I love is gone
If it's true what they say

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Is this how the world is?

[ORPHEUS]
To be beaten and betrayed and then be told that nothing changes?
It'll always be like this?
If it's true what they say
I'll be on my way

Hades was starting to feel bad for Orpheus and Eurydice. 

[HERMES, spoken]
And the boy turned to go
'Cause he thought no one could hear
But everybody knows that walls have ears

"I just wanna know how that works." Elizabeth said, no on could tell her that, because they didn't know enough to explain it to her. 

[HERMES]
And the workers heard him

[WORKERS]
If it's true what they say

[HERMES]
With their hammers swinging

[WORKERS]
What's the purpose of a man?

[HERMES]
And they quit their workin'

"Wait, what!" Hades said, shocked. 

[WORKERS]
Just to turn his eyes away?

[HERMES]
When they heard him singing

[WORKERS]
Just to throw up both his hands?

[HERMES]
No hammer swinging

[WORKERS]
What's the use of his backbone

[HERMES]
No pickaxe ringin'

[WORKERS]
If he never stands upright?

Everyone was nodding when they thought a lyric made sense. 

[HERMES]
And they stood and listened

[WORKERS]
If he turns his back on everyone?

[HERMES]
To the poor boy singing

[WORKERS]
That he could've stood beside

[ORPHEUS]
If it's true what they say
I'll be on my way
But who are they to say what the truth is anyway?
'Cause the ones who tell the lies are the

[WORKERS Chorus]
Ahhhh

[ORPHEUS]
Solemnest to swear
And the ones who load the dice

"That's true." Eurydice said. 

[WORKERS Chorus]
Oooo

[ORPHEUS]
Always say the toss is fair
And the ones who deal the cards

Persephone nodded in agreement. 

[WORKERS]
Deal the cards

[ORPHEUS]
Are the ones who take the tricks
With their hands over their hearts
While we play the game they fix
And the ones who speak the words

The more that Orpheus thought about how he sounded, the more he realized his view of the world was changing. 

[WORKERS]
Speak the words

[ORPHEUS]
Always say it is the last
And no answer will be heard
To the question no one asks
So I'm askin' if it's true
I'm askin' me and you
And you
And you
I believe our answer matters more than anything they say

"It does." Persephone stated. 

[WORKERS]
We stand and listen

[ORPHEUS]
I believe if there is still a will
Then there is still a way

Hades was shocked he was going to have to deal with a rebellion. 

[WORKERS]
We're standing with him

[ORPHEUS]
I believe there is a way
I believe in us together
More than anyone alone

[WORKERS]
We're standing near him

[ORPHEUS]
I believe that with each other, we are stronger than we know

"Strength in numbers." Hermes said.  

[WORKERS]
We hear him

[ORPHEUS]
I believe we're stronger than they know
I believe that we are many
I believe that they are few

[WORKERS]
We're standing

[ORPHEUS]
And it isn't for the few
To tell the many what is true

Once again, Persephone nodded. 

[WORKERS]
We understand him

[ORPHEUS]
So I ask you:
If it's true what they say

[WORKERS]
We're standing

[ORPHEUS]
I'll be on my way

Orpheus hugged Eurydice. 

[WORKERS]
We're standing

[ORPHEUS]
Tell me what to do

[WORKERS]
We're standing

[ORPHEUS]
Is it true?
Is it true what they say?

"That was different." Stated Persephone, she usually thought of Orpheus as a soft spoken poet, not someone who could lead rebellions. 

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