Your Move (Persephone POV Lore Olympus)
[Verse 1] Hot water and borrowed clothes Trying to calm my spinning thoughts I’ve never had a crush before At least I don’t think I’ve got one Maybe that’s what this feeling is Maybe I’m completely wrong Guess it’s fine if I don’t know As long as it sticks around And he gets this funny look When he thinks nobody sees Like he’s trying hard to be serious And forgetting how to breathe [Verse 2] He gives me a beautiful hair clip And tells me I should keep it safe Then asks if I’m feeling better And I forget what I was gonna say I show him the internship papers Thinking maybe he’ll be glad He takes one look and shakes his head And says the idea is bad [Pre-Chorus] If I walk away this easily What would that say about me? What good are all these dreams I’ve got If I quit before I even begin to see? [Chorus] I don’t want the easy road I don’t want the life that’s planned I don’t want to spend forever With somebody else holding my hand Let me win Let me lose Let me learn what I can be I don’t want to be Demeter’s daughter I want to be Persephone [Verse 3] “I’ll play you for it.” He starts laughing Like he’s already won the game Then spots the chessboard by the window And suddenly everything changes “I’ve played a lot.” He sounds so certain Like I should already concede I smile and move my first piece And plant a very dangerous seed “Are you sure about that rook?” “…I mean, what a cute little castle.” [Pre-Chorus] He keeps asking why it matters Why I’d choose this path at all And somewhere between the questions I finally hear my own voice call [Chorus] I don’t want the easy road I don’t want a borrowed dream I want every choice and consequence To belong completely to me Let me fail Let me fly Let me find out who I’ll be I don’t want to be Demeter’s daughter I want to be Persephone [Bridge] I want my own money My own mistakes My own victories to earn I want people to know my name For something more than where I’m from And while he’s busy underestimating The girl he’s sitting across from I quietly take his queen And suddenly the board comes undone [Final Chorus] I don’t want the easy road I don’t want somebody else’s plan I want every win and every scar To come from my own hands Checkmate. Serves you right For underestimating me I don’t want to be Demeter’s daughter I want to be Persephone [Outro] Then something white comes drifting down Against the dark and fading sky I catch it softly in my hands And watch it melt before my eyes Everybody acts like it’s nothing Like they’ve seen it all before But I’ve never seen snow falling And suddenly I want to see more
