A few years ago, we started to attend more live performances. Broadway in Boston has turned into a sincerely enjoyable past time and we even became season ticket holders. One of the benefits of holding season tickets is that we have attended shows we may not have normally found the energy to see.
One of those shows was Hadestown. Although the story line sounds a bit unusual - an underworld, mythical Greek characters, the music in Hadestown is phenomenal and the show, like almost every show, challenges the audience to better understand our relationships, our viewpoints and our humanity. It became one of my all-time favorites.
If I had cassettes or records, this song would be worn out by now. It is stunningly beautiful, with one of the best song intros of all time.
[HERMES]
(spoken)
Orpheus was a poor boy
But he had a gift to give
He could make you see how the world could be
(sung)
In spite of the way that it is
(spoken)
And Eurydice was a young girl
But she'd seen how the world was
When she fell
She fell in spite of herself
In love with Orpheus
All I've Ever Known
I was alone so long
I didn't even know that I was lonely
Out in the cold so long
I didn't even know that I was cold
Turned my collar to the wind
This is how it's always been
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
But now I wanna hold you, too
You take me in your arms
And suddenly there's sunlight all around me
Everything bright and warm
And shining like it never did before
And for a moment I forget
Just how dark and cold it gets
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
But now I wanna hold you
Now I wanna hold you
Hold you close
I don't ever wanna have to let you go
Now I wanna hold you, hold you tight
I don't wanna go back to the lonely life
I don't know how or why
Or who am I that I should get to hold you?
But when I saw you all alone against
The skies like I'd known you all along
I knew you before we met
And I don't even know you yet
All I know is your someone I have always known
All I know is you're someone I have always known
And I don't even know you
Now I wanna hold you
Hold you close
I don't ever wanna have to let you go
Suddenly the sunlight
Bright and warm
Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms
Say that you'll hold me forever
Say that the wind won't change on us
Say that we'll stay with each other
And it will always be like this
I'm gonna hold you forever
The wind will never change on us
Long as we stay with each other
Then it will always be like this
