We Raise Our Cups

[Persephone]
Pour the wine and raise a cup
Drink up, brothers, you know how
And spill a drop for Orpheus
Wherever he is now

[Persephone and Eurydice]
Some birds sing when the Sun shines bright
Our praise is not for them

[Persephone]
But the ones who sing in the dead of night
We raise our cups to them

[Persephone and Eurydice]
Wherever he is wandering
Alone upon the earth
Let all our singing follow him

[Persephone]
And bring him comfort

[Company, Persephone and Eurydice]
Some flowers bloom
Where the green grass grows
Our praise is not for them
But the ones who bloom in the bitter snow
We raise our cups to them

[Company]
We raise our cups and drink them up

[Persephone]
We raise ‘em high and drink ‘em dry

[Company]
To Orpheus and all of us

[Persephone]
Goodnight, brothers, goodnight