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Hades Home

Hosted by Persephone

Lyrics

Can we come back?
This time I trust mum, ‘cause I want.
Do we adjust?
Each being craves the sun!
Can we protest?
We try and try again.
Could we restart?
Why not? A part of me exists.
Why not?
Did someone prove?
Oh yes, the queen of Hades did – herself!
The queen of Hades did – herself!
She did – herself.

Imagine, she’s been kidnapped as a girl
A girl collecting flowers on a field
Hades, king of the underworld felt lust.
No god, no man would hinder him, but wait:

Her mother did! She broke the deal! She brought her back!

Her mother, queen of harvest, grain and life
Refused obedience, broke the deal, quit gods.
Became a furious woman, who insists
On bringing back her daughter to the sun.

And she prevailed! Turned Hades down! Her girl returned.

To stay with her in summer, spring and fall.
It’s just in winter, that she leaves the earth…
Winter, that she leaves the earth…
Winter, that is Hades Home…

Can we come back?
This time I trust, because I want.
Do we adjust?
Each being craves the sun.
Can we protest?
We try and try again.
Could we restart?
Why not? A part of me exists.
Why not?

Did someone prove?
Oh yes, the queen of Hades did – herself!
The queen of Hades did – herself!

Okay… her mother helped.

About this song

Hosted by Persephone, this song turns from the battlefield toward the underworld, where another woman tells a different story. Once abducted by Hades, Persephone was restored to the world of light through her mother Demeter’s relentless love and resistance. Her myth becomes a rare counterpoint to the women of Troy: not every loss is irreversible. Speaking to Hecuba and the countless victims of war, Persephone reminds them that even after the darkest descent, return, renewal, and hope remain possible – if someone refuses to let them be forgotten.

Credits

Music: Christian Mair
Lyrics: Anna Luca Poloni

Vocals: Anna Luca Poloni
Guitar, backing vocals: Christian Mair