Theoxenia

Theoxeny / Theoxenia is the ancient custom of humans providing hospitality and entertainment to gods / goddesses who visit as guests. In this case, the spirits of the underworld welcome Persephone.
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LYRICS:

At the dawning of our genesis
Terrestrial exodus
Eyelids weighted down with gold
Shades fade into the fold

Oh how we’ve waited for your return
It’s not the same here without your work
For when we descend down from the Earth
We hope to find you midst the murk
instead of something worse

Now
Let the sacred waters tear you from the ground
Swallow our breaths and every sound that ever
Dared to utter from our mouths
Welcome home it’s good to have you ‘round

Here’s where it all began
A river and a man
A pomegranate tree
The seeds of reckoning

She promises to stay
And the branches find a way to reach her
All the pieces are in place
For the shadows to embrace
A daughter of Demeter

What to say?
There’s nothing but a gentle breeze
If there were ever any leaves,
They’ve all departed from their trees
No life remains,
But the ground, it seems to shake
With every move she makes

When she comes, our fears are done and vanquished
When she smiles we are relieved from anguish
When she dances, there a flame begins to burn
The fire that stirs about her when she stirs

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