Shadows and Pomegranates

[Intro music slow, mournful guitar melody, soft drum taps like a heartbeat Strings hum in the background, setting a sorrowful tone.] [Verse 1] *(sung with breathy melancholy)* In the underworld’s quiet, she blooms in the shade, A queen of the darkness, my soul she’s remade. But her light wanes, stolen by fate’s cruel blade. --- [Pre-Chorus] *(growing intensity, but still tender)* I offered her love, a throne by my side, Yet the seasons pull her like the ocean’s tide. Her absence carves wounds no shadow can hide. --- [Chorus] *(passionate, bittersweet)* Persephone, my heart beats for you, Through endless night, our love is true. In the halls of death, we’ll start anew. --- [Verse 2] *(sung softer, with regret)* She tasted the fruit, a choice she didn’t see, Six seeds bind her, a chain forged by me. Now half of the year, we long to be free. --- [Pre-Chorus] *(tension builds, strings swell softly)* Her laughter fades with the first frost’s breath, Each petal she drops whispers of death. I hold her close, but I fear what’s left. --- [Chorus] *(sung louder, heartfelt and sorrowful)* Persephone, my heart beats for you, Through endless night, our love is true. In the halls of death, we’ll start anew. --- [Bridge] *(slow and haunting, mostly strings and soft bass)* The rivers of Styx, they carry her tears, Eternal love, yet fractured by years. The Fates watch closely, their loom full of fears. --- [Final Verse] *(gentle but resolute, guitar and vocals only)* I’ll wait for spring when she’ll return, In her absence, my heart will yearn. Through the cycle of life, for her I burn. --- [Final Chorus] *(grand and emotional, full instrumentation)* Persephone, my heart beats for you, Through endless night, our love is true. In the halls of death, we’ll start anew. --- [Outro] *(guitar fades into soft strings, a single bell chime)* Shadows embrace her; I’ll hold her name, In every season, our love is the same. Bound by darkness, yet lit by flame. th, we’ll start anew. --- [Outro guitar fades into soft strings, a single bell chime] Shadows embrace her; I’ll hold her name, In every season, our love is the same. Bound by darkness, yet lit by flame. [end]