Demons of the Darkening Deep

Lyrics

Verse 1 (slow, creeping build: low cellos, distant synths, timpani rolls, soft choir)
Beneath the waves, where the sun won’t reach,
In caverns black with silent speech,
They stirred — forgotten, bound by chains,
Whispers woven into pain.
A thousand eyes, a billion teeth,
Awoke beneath the ocean’s wreath.
No prayer could stop what once was sealed,
No sword could strike what won’t be healed.

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Chorus (explosive and cinematic: full orchestra, brass, choir, thunder FX)
From the deep they came — no warning, no sound,
The skies turned black, the earth unwound.
Monarchs wept as towers fell,
The empire drowned in a tide from hell.
They rose with fire, with ash, with screams,
And brought the crown down to its knees.

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Verse 2 (rhythmic and martial: snare march, staccato strings, distorted synths)
Steel and gold could not defend
The broken lines that fate would bend.
Serpents slithered through the gates,
With hunger born from ancient hate.
The Highborn fled, their voices hoarse,
As shadows took the palace courts.
The gardens bled, the statues cracked,
And silence claimed what war had lacked.

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Bridge (ethereal and ominous: solo female vocal, reversed cymbals, rising brass)
Who called them forth? Who broke the seal?
A pact forgotten, once too real.
The old gods laughed beneath the sea,
As mortals choked on prophecy.
No light remained upon the shore,
Just echoes of the world before.

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Final Chorus (cataclysmic crescendo: full choir, massive drums, sub-bass, bells)
From the deep they came — no trumpet, no grace,
They tore the stars from heaven’s face.
No final charge, no martyr’s plea,
Just screaming winds and boiling seas.
The empire burned, its glory ceased—
Devoured whole by things beneath.

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Outro (haunting, minimal: detuned piano, wind FX, fading thunder)
And now the tides are still again…
But listen close: they wait… beneath.