Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. … sentence starters ( pt. 2 )
“They called it ‘freedom’.”
“Wait, I’m coming with you.”
“Oh, you’re a heartless man.”
“Go ahead and lay the blame.”
“Laying low, staying out of sight…”
“What if I said she’s down below?“
“You got a lonesome road to walk.”
“Just how far would you go for her?“
“I can give you what it is you crave.”
“You’re shivering… Is it cold or fear?”
“You sell your soul. you get your due!”
“You’re on the lam, you’re on the run.”
“Where are you? Where are you now?”
“Because they want what we have got.”
“Heavy and hard is the heart of the king.”
“Ain’t you working on your masterpiece?“
“If you don’t do it, then the other one will!“
“What do we have that they should want?“
“But, don’t you see? It’s different with me!”
“My heart is yours, always was and will be.”
“Now everybody knows the walls have ears.”
“You keep on walking and you don’t look back.”
“Maybe you’re looking for some stronger stuff…”
“I can see you’re blinded by the sadness of it all.”
“What the boss don’t know, the boss won’t mind.”
“Oh, the way is dark and long, but I’m already gone.”
“It’s a bitter wine. Spit it out while you still have time.”
“'Course, there is another way, but I ain’t supposed to say it.”
“Every coward seems courageous in the safety of the crowd.”
“Oh, my heart, it aches to stay, but the flesh will have its way.”
“Talk of virtue. Talk of sin. Wouldn’t you have done the same?”
“Only one thing to be done, let them think that they have won.”
“But, I don’t understand… you said this was the promised land!”
“Don’t need a ring for my finger, just need a steady hand to hold.”
“And you’re gonna have a martyr on your hands if you let him go.”
“Doubt comes in and all falls silent. It’s as though you aren’t there.”
“There’s no telling what you’re gonna do when the chips are down.”
“You said the world was generous and wouldn’t turn its back on us.”
“Take if you can. Give if you must. Ain’t nobody but yourself to trust.”
“Life ain’t easy. Life ain’t fair. A girl’s gotta fight for her rightful share.”
“Help yourself, to hell with the rest. Even the one who loves you best.”
“Nothing makes a man so bold as a woman’s smile and a hand to hold.”
“You said that you would stay with me, whatever weather came our way.”
“She called your name before she went, but I guess you weren’t listening.”
“He could make you see how the world could be in spite of the way that it is.”
“Oh, you’re a spineless king. And you’re never gonna get them in line, again.”
“Men are fools. Men are frail. Give them the rope and they’ll hang themselves.”
“But, that was in another life. That was in another world when I was a young girl.”
“I don’t need gold, don’t need silver… just bread when I’m hungry, fire when I’m cold.”
“You can have your principles when you’ve got a bellyful, but hunger has a way with you.”
“Love is not a gilded cage. All the wealth within these walls, will never buy the thing called love.”
“Thought you’d lay your burdens down and rest in peace in paradise, but there ain’t no rest for your weary soul.”
