Young Girl Underground

Music & lyrics, 2021

A young girl gathers flowers in a field
It is springtime
Full of laughter colors music breezes dreams

Then the earth opens wide
Six black stallions obsidian chariot
The earth opens wide
At the command of a hellish god
He grabs the girl against her will
She is his captive prisoner
She tries to scream
He’s gagged her bound her body ropes so tight

A young girl underground
Epstein Hades did not act alone
The father god a witness
He never said a word
A young girl underground
No one can hear her story
Gods take what they want
That’s just the way of the world

A grieving mother searches for her daughter
It is autumn
Full of nightmare dead ends demons lightning fear

Then her grief opens wide
Winter storms come early harvests fail
Her grief opens wide
She disintegrates Earth will die
Zeus bellows, “Cut it out!”
Demeter says he can go to hell
The irony’s not lost
On those who covered up the crime

A young girl underground
Force fed red pills to kill her spirit
The father god now wants her freed
She isn’t going anywhere
A young girl underground
Plaything of a deadly god
Gods take what they want
That’s just the way of the world

Artemis arrow drawn full moon huntress eyes|
It is winter
Darkness sparks the phoenix resurrection

Then hell’s gates open wide
Cerberus howls Athena’s spear impales him
Charon stands aside
A goddess storm fords the River Styx
The shadows part, shades point the way
To Hades’s jewel throne room
Persephone she’s not lost
She will embrace the light of day

A young girl underground
Sisters spill blood to win her freedom
Hades is no match
For warrior Artemis Athena
A young girl underground
Her chains lie shattered broken
Gods take any girl they want
That’s gasoline to goddess fire

Young woman sunlit bright
Sings her song to a curious wind
Her story travels far
I am Hades’ toy no more
Young woman sunlit bright
Now runs with Artemis Athena
An Amazon from Mt. Olympus
Kidnappers back away

Persephone sunlit bright
Frees young girls held deep underground
Persephone gathers flowers
For those who have lost their livesPersephone sunlit bright
Frees young girls held deep underground
Persephone gathers flowers
For those who have lost their lives

For those who have lost their lives|
For those who have lost their lives

© Kirtland C. Peterson, 2021