Volume 3. “The Bitter Suite - A Musical Odyssey” (1998) - 8 “Hate Is the Star”
Xena: Warrior Princess Volume 3. The Bitter Suite: A Musical Odyssey (1998) Music and lyrics by Joseph LoDuca
DAHAK: It begins very small Seems like nothing much at all Just a germ, just a speck, just a grain But the seed has been sown And before you know it’s grown It has spread through your life like a stain And its power will strangle your love and your joy And its hunger consumes for it lives to destroy
XENA (spoken): Gabrielle, that’s what we’re fighting: hatred!
CHORUS: Hate is the star It becomes who you are Not the hated but the hater Has a torment that’s greater
DAHAK: It will eat you alive Consume you and spit you out Hate’s gonna win, That there’s no doubt about Hate doesn’t care who you are
CHORUS: Hate is the star!
DAHAK: Learning hate is an art Even people who are smart Can be caught Can be crushed Can be creamed It has swallowed you whole… Did you think you’re in control? Hate you thought, hate you spoke, hate you dreamed All your hate gave me substance Your lives are undone It’s your eve of destruction Your hatred has won