Mother of Monsters

From the chaos void she rose, where Tartarus' fires glow Born of Gaia, forged in night, lurking deep where horrors grow Half a woman, half a beast, scales of black and claws of blight Serpent queen of endless wrath, wreathed in shadow, crowned in spite Venom in her veins, hunger in her cries Daughter of the dark, doom behind her eyes Mother of monsters, queen of despair Breeding destruction, none shall be spared Scourge of Olympus, the nightmare divine From her dark womb, the beasts arise From her lair, the horrors spawned, terror born of fang and flame Chimera, Hydra, Gorgon's curse heroes trembled at their names Orthus guards the underworld, Cerberus, the hound of Hell Dragon's coil on golden fleece, harbingers of death she tells Venom in her veins, hunger in her cries Daughter of the dark, doom behind her eyes Mother of monsters, queen of despair Breeding destruction, none shall be spared Scourge of Olympus, the nightmare divine From her dark womb, the beasts arise From the depths of Tartarus… She waits… She watches… She strikes Bow before the mother's brood One by one, the gods subdued Legends fall and empires wane None escape her cursed reign But the gods in fear conspired, Zeus struck down her mighty king Typhon, bound in chains of pain, left to rot while victors sing But she swore a deathless oath vengeance in her children's name Every hero, every throne torn apart in endless flame Mother of monsters, harbinger dread Carving her vengeance with rivers of red Storm of destruction, the goddess of strife From her black womb, the beasts take life Her children rise… and Olympus burns