Hades - Lament of Orpheus

LYRICS
Hear, o gods, my desperate plea
To see my love beside me

Sunk below the mortal sea
Her anchor weighs upon me
Fasten her tether unto me
That she may rise to sail free

Don’t look back

Close enough that light we can see
My doubt betrays the better of me
A glance to the stern is all it would be
That anguished shade shall haunt me

Ever on

Calm
Seas
Winds a-lee
But now the squall’s upon us
We’re foundering
Drowning

Don’t look back

Composed by Darren Korb.
Lyrics by Darren Korb.
Vocals by Darren Korb.

Hades is a trademark of Supergiant Games, LLC. The soundtrack is © 2020 Supergiant Games, LLC. All rights reserved.

[Leo-xszo]

Orpheus: hear, o gods, my desperate plea, to see my love beside me
Achilles, sobbing: cheers lad I'll drink to that

[Salocinist]

I spent the game like "ok he can't be THAT good just let him go" and then i came out of the pool and heard this and i *F R O Z E* for a solid 5 minutes

[TheDeepPixl]

I can’t believe it took me this long to piece it together. In the myth of Orpheus it is said that after he fails Eurydice, he returns to the mortal world and makes a song that is so sad that crops die, people are plagued with depression and nightmares, and women miscarry. All leading to his being murdered for ruining people’s lives with his Uber-depressing lament.

THIS is supposed to be that song.

[jem]

I've never heard a voice like this before, and yet somehow it's exactly what I expected Orpheus to sound like.

[wraithking]

Orpheus is a male siren. The way this sounds. Eery but beautifull.

[mr.misterioso]

I love the:

Composed by Darren Korb
Lyrics by Darren Korb
Vocals by Darren Korb

That just makes me laugh.

[pax]

Love that they even play the song when you move to another room and give it a faraway echo effect. Lot of polish for an unfinished game

[diromiz]

At first I was like "Hades, how could you imprison that poor man for refusing to sing?!? That's so cruel!" But then I actually heard him sing and I immediately understood where Hades was coming from

[dantevitale]

This game is incredible. There is nothing that was even remotely half assed in this game. The music, the art, the voice acting, the gameplay, the story, the characters, the relationship mechanics. Everything just works.

[gfearnley]

darren korb deserves a medal for this falsetto.

[Pyberspace]

This ain't your everyday roguelike dungeon crawler. No, ma'am.

[entitymari]

when Orpheus was singing this at the house I was listening and when he said Don't look back, I lowkey felt like I was stabbed in my feelings

[JukusMaximus]

Even though "Good riddance" is, arguably, fan favourite, this one takes the cake for me. Clean, simple to understand, and could easily be translated into poetry from Greek mythology itself.

[turboencabulator]

The "Drowning..." part near the end literally sent shivers down my spine.

[mindshuffler]

Ah, the Tragedy of Orpheus. The story of how self doubt and anxiety took away a man's second chance to bring back his beloved from the land of the dead.

[grunner]

God the tears when I heard this the first time. A man who's spent so long regretting his failure, only rediscovering his passion through a god who chose to show some humanity for him.

[hartbits_]

Me: *sings only in falsetto my whole life*
Also me: *ashamed of anyone hearing it*
Orpheus: *sings*
Me: finally my time has come

[johnDoe-gzqz]

“No one sings a sweeter, sadder song than Orpheus”

[martir]

Hear, o gods, my desperate plea
To see my love beside me

Sunk below the mortal sea
Her anchor weighs upon me
Fasten her tether unto me
That she may rise to sail free

Don’t look back

Close enough that light we can see
My doubt betrays the better of me
A glance to the stern is all it would b
That anguished shade shall haunt me

Ever on

Calm
Seas
Winds a-lee
But now the squall’s upon us
We’re foundering
Drowning

Don’t look back

[whereami]

I like how you can hear muffled music even in Zagreus' chamber.