'Hades' Songtext
von The Mechanisms

And so the third lock opens
Silently, this time, leaving only one more to be dealt with

I can finally pay Hades
Orpheus barely whispers it
But it′s enough to prick the ears of both Heracles and Ulysses
Neither says a word, but the pieces are falling into place
Orpheus' story isn′t unusual:
A broke young musician with a dead fiancé
Just another life chewed up by the City


This broke young musician didn't accept that, though
Didn't care he didn′t have the money
To have a mind from the Acheron rebodied
Or that those as were came back wrong
He needed his true love
So he went to Hades

Here I should mention that Hades was no stranger
After all, the Mechanisms had been in the
City a long time, having our own brand of fun
I, your humble narrator, Jonny d′Ville,
Was in one of the lower levels... depopulating it
Marius claims he was psychoanalysing the Olympians
And the Toy Soldier says it was
Busy being a nymph, whatever that means
But our quartermaster, Ashes O'Reilly, felt right at home
Decided to seize control of the Acheron and
Make the ferrymen dance to a different tune
Took on the name of Hades


And so "Hades" took those foolish enough to venture to the Acheron
Ulysses, Heracles, Orpheus
And decided to have a little fun