The Ghost Network (Hades)

Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
In the House of Hades, beneath the earth,
where Homer wandered in the 8th century BCE,
the air hangs heavy with wet stone and decay.
I speak to you, Helm of Darkness,
forged for the god who rules the shades.
You cloak him in invisibility,
just as my neural ghosts hide in the folds.

[Chorus]
Oh, Helm, render me unseen,
like the unconscious pulse in my amygdala,
where forgotten fears from 1900's translations linger.
Charon's boat sways on the Styx at twilight,
ferrying impulses across synaptic rivers.
Wear you, and the cold seeps in,
a clammy chill at zero light.

[Verse 2]
Hesiod named you in Theogony, 1914 edition,
dividing cosmos after Titan wars.
Your shadow covers the bident's prongs,
forked like pathways in my striatum.
Pomegranate seeds bind Persephone here,
six months of neural winter, inescapable.
I address you, Helm, my hidden tool,
holding the musty odor of earth.

[Bridge]

Small fact: black sheep blood poured in pits,
to call you forth, Hades, in forgotten rites.
Unseen shades, unnamed, like lost memories,
in this cavernous hall of perpetual twilight.

[Verse 3]
Odysseus saw you in Book 11, Nekyia,
dreary place without sun, darkness over all.
My brain's underworld, ghost network firing,
invisible cords pulling at the helm.
You, object of power, I hold you close,
intimate whisper against the chill.

[Outro]

Helm of Darkness, stay with me,
in this neural house, forever unseen.