ˢᵖᶤʳᶤᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʳ ᶜʳʸ

wisdom’s daughter walks ALONE. the mark of the goddess runs through her.

#213 lyric starters from the live album of hadestown. the myth. the musical.

• ❛ don’t ask where and don’t ask when. ❜
• ❛ it’s an old tale from way back when. ❜
• ❛ it’s an old song but we’re gonna sing it again. ❜
• ❛ it’s a sad tale it’s a tragedy. ❜
• ❛ it’s a tale of a love that never dies. ❜

• ❛ when the sun is high so am i. ❜
• ❛ when my man comes around i know he’s gonna bring it mine. ❜
• ❛ you think i give a damn? ❜
• ❛ give me a sky that you can’t buy or sell at any price. ❜
• ❛ that’s how life oughta be. ❜
• ❛ who says times are hard? ❜
• ❛ we ain’t got much but we’re living it up. ❜
• ❛ if no one takes too much there will always be enough. ❜

• ❛ i was alone so long i didn’t even know that i was lonely. ❜
• ❛ all i’ve ever known is how to hold my own. ❜
• ❛ but now i want to hold you. ❜
• ❛ you take me in your arms and suddenly there’s sunlight all alone. ❜
• ❛ for a moment i forget how dark and cold it gets. ❜
• ❛ say that you’ll hold me forever. ❜
• ❛ i’m gonna hold you forever. ❜
• ❛ as long as we stay with each other it will always be like this. ❜

The Muses are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology. In current English, muse can refer in general to a person who inspires an artist, musician, or writer.

The real violence, the violence that I realized was unforgivable, is the violence that we do to ourselves when we’re too afraid to be who we really are. 

i can’t remember the last time i had the luxury of being alone