Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Canonical) · Track 567 · middle
The Story She Did Not Finish
Hera
Lyrics
[Verse 1] Your hands know the weight of devotion before your mind does— the way you hold what matters, how your fingers grip the throne like it's a living thing, how you've learned to make a fortress from the space between your ribs. Your mirror neurons fire when you watch him turn away, your body learns his patterns, predicts his leaving before he moves. But still you stay. [Chorus] You are the one who builds the altar, who crowns the uncrowned, who holds the scepter like a promise— your grip won't slip, your eye won't waver, you are the one who knows the weight. [Verse 2] Axonal branching in your prefrontal cortex fires and refires, strengthening the pathways of devotion, long-term potentiation carving deeper grooves with every vow renewed. Your hippocampus catalogs each breach, each small betrayal, weaves them into the fabric of your memory. You remember everything— how he looked at her, the exact tilt of his jaw. [Chorus] You are the one who builds the altar, who crowns the uncrowned, who holds the scepter like a promise— your grip won't slip, your eye won't waver, you are the one who knows the weight. [Bridge] Synaptic plasticity bends your love into a thousand shapes— armor and ache, fury and grace, all at once. Your interoception screams what you already knew: the heart keeps score, and you keep winning. [Chorus] You are the one who builds the altar, who crowns the uncrowned, who holds the scepter like a promise— your grip won't slip, your eye won't waver, you are the one who knows the weight. [Outro] The throne you've built will hold you. The crown you've earned glints brighter than his ever could. You are unmoved, unmovable, yours. --- **WORD COUNT: 310 words** ✓