Arachne: Web Of Defiance

In Lydia's halls
Where shadows fall
A mortal weaves
What gods believe
Impossible to match
Skills they can't catch
Her golden thread
Speaks of the dead
And living pain
The gods' dark stain

Arachne's hands
Defy commands
From high above

Weave the truth!
Break their lies!
Mortal hands
Touch the skies!
Web of fire
Web of steel
Make the gods
Bow and kneel!

Grey-eyed one comes
With warning drums
In old crone's guise
"Child, know your place"
Arachne stands
With steady hands
"If you're divine
Then match my line
Face me here!"

The challenge echoes
Through the realm
As mortal takes
The sacred helm

Weave the truth!
Break their lies!
Mortal hands
Touch the skies!
Web of fire
Web of steel
Make the gods
Bow and kneel!

Athena weaves
The gods' great deeds
But Arachne shows
What no one knows
Their broken vows
Their lustful ways
The mortal tears
Through endless days

The contest ends
No god transcends
This mortal's art
Perfect they stand
But truth cuts deep
Makes goddess weep
"You dare to show
What we bestow!"

She tears the web
Seals Arachne's doom
With poison's kiss
In sacred room
Eight legs emerge
From human form
Forever bound
To weather storm

Weave the truth!
From the grave!
Spider's thread
For the brave!
Web of fire
Web of steel
Ancient wounds
Never heal!

In every corner
Shadows creep
Still weaving truth
In silver strands
The web reminds
Us of the cost
When mortal pride
And truth are crossed