Shards of Midnight

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Lyrics

Midnight breaks like glass across the harbor walls
(真夜中が港の堤を硝子のように砕き散らす)
Neon veins feed streets where quiet bodies fall
(夜の光の脈が静かに倒れた者たちの横たわる街路へと注ぎ込む)
We gather mirrored fragments from a sky that will not hold
(支えきれぬ空から鏡の破片を拾い集める)
Names become the currency of a world gone old
(名が朽ちた世界の通貨となる)

薄明の破片を胸に抱き
(I cradle shards of pale light to my breast)
沈む街を歩む
(I walk the city as it sinks away)

Shards of midnight hold the echoes of our pact
(真夜中の破片が我らの盟約の余韻を宿す)
Through fractured light we find the map to what will last
(砕けた光の裂け目の中で我らは残るものへの地図を見出す)
From broken mirrors we lift a single voice
(壊れた鏡の裂け目から我らはひとつの声を掲げる)
We stitch the night and make the ruined world rejoice
(夜を縫い合わせて廃れた世界に歓喜をもたらす)

Iron bells count out the hours of a hollow reign
(鉄の鐘が空虚な支配の時を刻む)
Circuit hands write prayers into the rusting rain
(回路の手が祈りを錆びついた雨に書き刻む)
Lantern shadows keep the ledger of our wrongs
(灯の影が我らの過ちの帳を記し留める)
We trace the crooked maps and learn their secret songs
(歪んだ地図を辿り 我らはその秘められた歌を学ぶ)

月の欠片を指に残し
(I leave a sliver of moon upon my finger)
忘れられた誓いを呼ぶ
(I call to the vow that time had buried)

When the city sleeps on broken glass we will rise in chorus and carry every shard as proof
(街が砕けた硝子の上で眠るとき 我らは歌となって立ち上がり すべての破片を証として抱く)

Shards of midnight answer to the names we gave
(真夜中の破片が 我らの呼んだ名に応える)
Lift the fractured voices from the hollow grave
(砕けた声を空ろの墓から引き上げる)
黎明が夜を裂く
(Dawn rends the night)
We sing until the seams of night begin to save
(我らは歌い続ける 夜の綻びが救いを生むそのときまで)

Prompt

Compose a nocturnal galloping melodic symphonic metal arrangement tailored for Shards of Midnight. Target tempo 230 BPM. Begin with an urgent tremolo guitar motif leading into precise double bass drums and blast beat drive. Alternate cavernous growls and cutting screams with a luminous female clean voice to produce striking dynamic contrast. Build widescreen orchestral pads and a full choir to support but never mask midrange clarity. Make choruses hook driven and construct a 15-25 second segment ideal for short videos. Include neo classical lead work and a virtuosic solo that balances technique and melody. Drums should snap with tight fills and taiko style accents to punctuate transitions. Arrange wide stereo imaging for choirs while keeping rhythm guitars centered. Mix guidance: clear focused vocals, transient preservation, warm controlled low mids and avoid overcompression. Master for streaming loudness while retaining dynamic drama and clarity.