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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Todd Sickafoose
Todd Sickafoose
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Heavy in heart is the heart of the king
King of iron, king of steel
The heart of the king loves everything like the hammer loves the nail
[Verse 2]
But the heart of a man is a simple one
Small and soft, flesh and blood
And all that he loves is a woman
A woman is all that he loves
[Verse 3]
And Hades is king of the scythe and the sword
He covers the world in the color of rust
He scrapes the sky that scars the earth
And he comes down heavy and hard on us
[Verse 4]
But even the hardest of hearts unhardened
Suddenly when he saw her there
Persephone in her mother's garden
A sun on her shoulders and wind in her hair
[Verse 5]
The smell of the flowers she held in her hand
And the pollen that fell from her fingertips
And suddenly Hades was only a man
With a taste of nectar upon his lips, singin'
[Verse 6]
La, la-la-la, la-la-la
La, la-la-la, la-la-la
La, la-la-la, la-la-la
La, la-la-la, la-la
La, la-la-la, la-la-la (La, la, la, la, la, la)
[Verse 7]
La, la-la-la, la-la-la
La, la-la-la, la-la-la (La, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la-la-la, la-la
La, la-la-la, la-la-la (La, la, la, la, la, la)
[Verse 8]
La, la-la-la, la-la-la
La, la-la-la, la-la-la (La, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la-la-la, la-la
Written by: Anaïs Mitchell

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