Hedwig and the Angry Inch-Origin of Love

Written by Stephen Trask Inspired by Aristophane’s speech in Plato’s Symposium www.anselm.edu ::Lyrics:: When the earth was still flat, And the clouds made of fire, And mountains stretched up to the sky, Sometimes higher, Folks roamed the earth Like big rolling kegs. They had two sets of arms. They had two sets of legs. They had two faces peering Out of one giant head So they could watch all around them As they talked; while they read. And they never knew nothing of love. It was before the origin of love. The origin of love And there were three sexes then, One that looked like two men Glued up back to back, Called the children of the sun. And similar in shape and girth Were the children of the earth. They looked like two girls Rolled up in one. And the children of the moon Were like a fork shoved on a spoon. They were part sun, part earth Part daughter, part son. The origin of love Now the gods grew quite scared Of our strength and defiance And Thor said, “I’m gonna kill them all With my hammer, Like I killed the giants.” And Zeus said, “No, You better let me Use my lightening, like scissors, Like I cut the legs off the whales And dinosaurs into lizards.” Then he grabbed up some bolts And he let out a laugh, Said, “I’ll split them right down the middle. Gonna cut them right up in half.” And then storm clouds gathered above Into great balls of fire And then fire shot down From the sky in bolts Like shining blades Of a knife. And it ripped Right through the flesh Of the …
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