Eurydice

So far this is a great play, I have only read the first half and thus far it is amazing, I have never read any of Sarah Ruhl before, and I am hooked. Plus I loved how she built her father into the storyline ,he had such a strong role, and is one of my favorite characters. In the supplemental reading there was a reference to Ovid, I think I would like to read that at some point because it sounds like that falls in line with a lot of the theory of tragedy that we have looked at this term. I actually like all of our supplemental readings so much that I am purchasing the book! Anyways, back to Eurydice.

The chorus of stones was also pretty cool as well. In the class they were getting a lot of negative feed back, but in a way I saw them as both commentators and as a comedic relief.   That also explained things that might have been confusing, like that inability to speak or the lack of memory of a life above in that land of the living. She is also amazing with water. I loved that it was raining in the elevator that brought Eurydice down to the underworld.

Isn’t this so amazing!

So I just found something really cool!

From Arcade Fire’s new album Reflektor

Lyrics:

You and I were born in a little town

Before the awful sound started coming down

Oh no, oh

You came home from school and knew you had to run

Please stop running now, just let me be the one for you

I know you can see things that we can’t see

But when I say I love you, your silence covers me

Oh, Eurydice, it’s an awful sound

I was so disappointed you didn’t want me

Oh, how could it be, Eurydice?

I was standing beside you by a frozen sea

Will you ever get free?

Just take all your pain, just put it on me

So that you can breathe

When you fly away will you hit the ground?

It’s an awful sound

I know there’s a way, we can make them pay

Think it over and say, “I’m never going back again”

I know there’s a way, we can leave today

Think it over and say, “I’m never going back again”

You were born in the little town

Before the awful sound started coming down

There’s so much inside you that you won’t let me see

You fly away from me, but it’s an awful sound when you hit the ground

It’s an awful sound when you hit the ground

I know there’s a way, we can make them pay

Think it over and say, “I’m never going back again”

I know there’s a way, we can leave today

Think it over

We know there’s a price to pay for love in a reflective age

I met you up upon a stage, our love in a reflective age

Oh no, now you’re gone

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Hey, Orpheus!

I’m behind you

Don’t turn around

I can find you

Just wait until it’s over

Wait until it’s through

And if I call for you

Oh, Orpheus!

Just sing for me all night

We’ll wait until it’s over

Wait until it’s through

You say it’s not me, it’s you

Hey, Orpheus!

De l’autre côté de l’eau

Comme un écho

Just wait until it’s over

Wait until it’s through

And if I shout for you

Never doubt

Don’t turn around too soon

Just wait until it’s over

Wait until it’s through

It seems so important now

But you will get over

It seems so important now

But you will get over

And when you get over

When you get older

Then you will remember

Why it was so important then

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

When you get over

And when you get older

Then you will discover

That it’s never over

Hey, Eurydice!

Can you see me?

I will sing your name

Till you’re sick of me

Just wait until it’s over

Just wait until it’s through

But if you call for me

This frozen sea

It melts beneath me

Just wait until it’s over

Wait until it’s through

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

And when you get over

And when you get older

Then you will remember

He told you he’d wake you up

When it was over

He told you he’d wake you up

When it was over

Now that it’s over

Now that you’re older

Then you will discover

That it’s never over

It’s never over (it’s never over) [8x]

Sometime (Sometime)

Sometime (Sometime)

Boy, they’re gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)

But it’s never gonna happen now

We’ll figure it out somehow

Sometime (Sometime)

Sometime (Sometime)

Boy, they’re gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)

But it’s never gonna happen now

We’ll figure it out somehow

Cause it’s never over

It’s never over (it’s never over) [6x]

We stood beside

A frozen sea

I saw you out

In front of me

Reflected light

A hollow moon

Oh Orpheus, Eurydice

Its over too soon

Pretty cool huh? I think it sounds pretty good too!