Show Synopsis:
This is a song cycle inspired by stories from Greek mythology and lyrics found in an antique hymnal focusing on the relationships between humans and gods.
Fun Facts:
1. The hymnal that partially inspired composer Adam Guettel to compose this song cycle is a 19th century Presbyterian hymnal.
2. Guettel said in a 1998 Showbill interview that "In the truest sense, this is an autobiographical piece in that we weren't constrained by a narrative form; the songs themselves were not intended for anything, and their forms are very intuitive. But the composite of those chips, if you will, may eventually make something elegant. The material was born of simple impulses?the myths and the hymns?and there were really no coordinates."
"How can I lose you?
You're all that I know.
What will I do now?
Where will I go?
We were together,
Now we are through.
Why am I losing you?
How can you leave me,
Leave me this way,
Leave me to miss you,
Day after day?
I look around now,
You're what I see.
Pictures of you leaving me.
No one should always lose.
Can't I find some kind of peace?
Nobody owns the blues,
But I have a long term lease.
I never know why,
I never know when.
I'm going along,
It happens again.
I have a blind spot forty miles wide.
I have a terrible weakness inside!
That's how I lose you.
That's how I lose you.
I was another girl:
Joyous and happy and free.
She was a perfect pearl.
When did she turn into me?
How can I lose you?
You're all that I had.
What did I say, now?
How was I bad?
Who can I turn to?
Where will I go?
How can I live now,
Missing you so?
How can you leave me?
You're all that I know! Oh!
That;s how I lost you!
That's how I always lost you.
That's how I'll always lose you:
Oh."