Wake The Black Tide

Lyrics

# WAKE THE BLACK TIDE **Cecilia — Solo** *Viking pop metal • Crushing sub-bass • Pulsing drums* *Target length: 3:40–3:55* [INTRO — Slow cinematic strings, distant horn, heartbeat bass] [Soft, almost whispered] There’s a sound beneath the mountain. There’s a hand against the ice. I have waited half a lifetime… [Heartbeat stops] To hear it crack tonight. [Whisper] 目を覚ませ。 Wake up. [ONE BEAT OF SILENCE — MASSIVE BASS IMPACT] [VERSE 1 — Distorted bass pulse, pounding drums] Boot to the deck—let the black wood shake. Cold in my lungs, but the ice won’t stay. Salt on the scar where the shackles lay, I pull one breath— Then I tear away. Dragon Fang with the crystal lit, Storm comes down and I drink from it. Violet burning along my veins— Watch me turn that hurt into a hurricane. [PRE-CHORUS — Rising vocal, double-time percussion] Who put my name in a frozen grave? Who thought a girl like me would stay? 氷を砕け！ 運命を変えろ！ [Shouted] BREAK! [CHORUS — Huge guitars, deep half-time bass] WAKE THE BLACK TIDE! Hit like thunder! Drag that buried sky from under! One heart— Still beating! Hear it through the mountain splitting! WAKE THE BLACK TIDE! Raise that fire! Black sails climbing higher, higher! I went down— I survived— Now the whole sea knows I’M ALIVE! [POST-CHORUS — Heavy pulse, chopped self-vocals] THUMP—THUMP— Under your feet. THUMP—THUMP— Follow my heartbeat. まだ終わらない！ I’M ALIVE! [VERSE 2 — Tight, aggressive melodic rap] Amethyst hungry, the shadows pour, Every spell makes it ask for more. Black turns violet, violet white— Too much power for my hands tonight. I could burn every name they knew. I could lose my own name, too. Whip comes down with a splitting crack— Spend that darkness. Take my body back. [PRE-CHORUS — Instruments drop beneath the voice] 闇に心は渡さない。 I won’t give the dark my heart. Eri, your voice through the wind and rain— I hear it. Say my name. [CHORUS — Full band, layered female harmonies] WAKE THE BLACK TIDE! Hit like thunder! Drag that buried sky from under! One heart— Still beating! Hear it through the mountain splitting! WAKE THE BLACK TIDE! Raise that fire! Black sails climbing higher, higher! I went down— I survived— Now the whole sea knows I’M ALIVE! [BREAKDOWN — Low guitar chugs, enormous sub-bass] [Low, deliberate] No more counting cracks in stone. No more waking cold, alone. [Drums accelerate] この声を奪わせない！ この命は、私のもの！ [Shouted] MY LIFE— MY OWN! [BASS SLAM — Four bars of instrumental impact] [BRIDGE — Piano, distant horn, heartbeat returns] My sister’s lantern in the snow. My lover’s hand won’t let me go. Beyond the roar, beyond the foam— Two voices calling me back home. 必ず帰る。 I will return. [BUILD — Rising strings, snare barrage] Not as a whisper. Not as a ghost. [Silence] As the storm You feared the most. [FINAL CHORUS — Soaring lead, maximum bass] WAKE THE BLACK TIDE! Hit like thunder! I won’t leave my heart down under! One heart— Still beating! Feel the shore beneath me trembling! WAKE THE BLACK TIDE! Raise that fire! Let them hear the last note higher! I went down— I survived— Let the whole world hear— 私は生きている！ I’M ALIVE! [OUTRO — Two final bass hits, sudden silence] [Whisper] You should have heard me coming.