A Grave for Gods

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Lyrics

No throne outlives the hands that raised it
(それを築いた手より永らえる玉座などない)

High on the chalk-white ridge they fed on every harvest
(白亜の尾根の高みで彼らはあらゆる実りを貪った)
Marble mouths pronounced the law and called their hunger sacred
(大理石の口は法を告げ己の飢えを聖なるものと称した)
We bore their seasons on our backs and paid in sons and daughters
(我らは彼らが定めた季節を背負い息子と娘を代価として差し出した)
Until the wells beneath the courts returned a taste of copper
(宮殿の中庭の地下で井戸水が銅の味を帯びるその日まで)

The storm above refused to speak
(頭上の嵐は語ることを拒んだ)
So we became the answer
(ゆえに我ら自身が答えとなった)

神々の墓を築け
(Build a grave for gods)
奪われた季節を取り戻せ
(Take back the seasons stolen from us)
冠も玉座も土へ還せ
(Return every crown and throne to the earth)
人の声で未来を刻め
(Carve the future with mortal voices)

A grave for gods
(神々のための墓)
One earth above them all
(すべての神々を覆うただ一つの大地)
A grave for gods
(神々のための墓)
No knee shall bend again
(もはや誰ひとり膝を屈しはしない)

We tore the sacred cloth to bind the wounds of strangers
(我らは聖なる布を引き裂き見知らぬ者たちの傷を包んだ)
Melted down the temple keys and cast them into hammers
(神殿の鍵を溶かし槌へと鋳直した)
The priests abandoned golden masks beside the empty cistern
(祭司たちは涸れた貯水槽の傍らに黄金の仮面を捨てた)
And every road once barred by fear began to carry footsteps
(かつて恐怖に閉ざされたすべての道に足音が満ち始めた)

天は何も答えない
(Heaven gives no answer)
それでも我らは歩き出す
(Still we set forth)

神々の墓を築け
(Build a grave for gods)
奪われた季節を取り戻せ
(Take back the seasons stolen from us)
冠も玉座も土へ還せ
(Return every crown and throne to the earth)
人の声で未来を刻め
(Carve the future with mortal voices)

Bring no incense
(香を捧げるな)
Bring no crown
(冠を捧げるな)
Let the weight of heaven down
(天の重みを地へ引きずり降ろせ)
Stone by stone
(石を一つずつ)
Hand by hand
(手から手へ)
Bury every false command
(偽りの戒めをことごとく葬れ)

Let every shovel strike the ground
(すべての鋤を大地へ打ち込め)
Let every buried vow be found
(埋もれた誓いをことごとく掘り起こせ)
The age of worship ends below
(崇拝の時代は地の底で果てる)
The age of mortal hands begins
(人の手が築く時代が今始まる)

神々の墓はここにある
(Here lies a grave for gods)
奪われた季節は我らに還る
(The stolen seasons return to us)
冠も玉座も塵へ沈み
(Crowns and thrones sink into dust)
人の声が未来を刻む
(Mortal voices carve the future)

A grave for gods
(神々のための墓)
One earth above them all
(すべての神々を覆うただ一つの大地)
A grave for gods
(神々のための墓)
And none shall rise again
(そして神々は二度と甦らない)

The mountain closes
(山はその口を閉ざす)
The world remains
(世界はなお在り続ける)

Prompt

Double-time elegiac galloping symphonic black metal at 214 BPM. Open with one low bell, whispered choir, and rising strings, then launch quickly into tight rhythm guitars and relentless double-kick drums. Keep a driving two-beat feel with palm-muted riffs, rapid pedal tones, clear bass, and sharp snare accents. Verses stay lean and tense with commanding clean vocals. Pre-choruses climb through strings and widening chords. Make the Japanese chorus vast and memorable with open guitar voicings, stacked lead vocals, mixed choir, and a simple melody landing on A Grave for Gods. Add a short post-chorus chant. After the second chorus, shift briefly into a crushing half-time procession with low choir and toms, then accelerate into a neoclassical guitar and cello canon. Return to double time for the final chorus with higher harmony. Use bright, heavy production with clear mids, wide guitars, centered vocals, firm low end, crisp transients, short reverb on fast sections, and depth in choruses.