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Echo

"Only Sound Remains"

Cursed to speak only the last words of other people.

Song 4 of Gods of the Dial

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Figures in this songEchoHera

The myth, as it's usually told

Echo

Echo was a mountain nymph whose endless talk kept Hera distracted while Zeus chased other women. When Hera realized, she cursed Echo to speak only the last words someone else had said. Echo fell in love with Narcissus, who rejected her, and she wasted away in grief until nothing was left of her but her voice.

What the song hears

The reframe

Grief nobody can see, from a woman who can only repeat what other people say.

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