Wait for Me [Reprise] [”If you wanna walk out of hell...”] [Intro] lyrics

ORPHEUS, spoken]

What is it?

[HERMES, spoken]

Well, the good news is, he said that you can go

[ORPHEUS and EURYDICE, spoken]

He did?

[WORKERS, spoken]

He did?

[HERMES, spoken]

He did, but there's bad news though

[EURYDICE, spoken]

What is it?

[HERMES, spoken]

You can walk, but it won't be like you planned

[ORPHEUS, spoken]

What do you mean?

[EURYDICE, spoken]

Why not?

[HERMES, spoken]

Well, you won't be hand in hand

You won't be arm in arm, side by side, and all of that

He said you have to walk in front, and she has to walk in back

[ORPHEUS, spoken]

Why?

[HERMES, spoken]

And if you turn around to make sure she's coming too

Then she goes back to Hadestown

And there ain't nothing you can do

[EURYDICE, spoken]

But why?

[HERMES, spoken]

Why build walls, make folks walk single file

Divide and conquer's what it's called

[ORPHEUS]

It's a trap

[HERMES, spoken]

It's a trial

Do you trust each other?

Do you trust yourselves?

[ORPHEUS and EURYDICE, spoken]

We do

[HERMES, spoken]

Well listen, brother

If you want to walk out of hell

You're gonna have to prove it before gods and men

Can you do that?

[ORPHEUS and EURYDICE, spoken]

We can

[HERMES, spoken]

A'ight, time to go!

[ORPHEUS, spoken]

Mr. Hermes?

[HERMES, spoken]

Yes?

[ORPHEUS]

It's not a trick?

[HERMES, spoken]

No, it's a test

• Artist:Hadestown (Musical)
• Album:Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)