Riven Masquerade

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At midnight every mask receives a borrowed name
(真夜中 すべての仮面に借り物の名が授けられる)
A silver cord decides which road each stranger takes
(銀の糸が 名も知らぬ者たち一人ひとりの道を定める)
We pass beneath revolving signs and never meet their gaze
(巡り続ける標の下を進み 誰とも視線を交わさない)
While painted mouths repeat the words the ritual makes
(彩られた唇は 儀式に定められた言葉をただ繰り返す)

A hairline tremor travels underneath my skin
(一筋の震えが 肌の奥を駆け抜ける)
One missing step and all the measured circles bend
(ただ一歩が欠けるだけで 寸分違わぬ円環はすべて歪み始める)

Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
Let the borrowed faces fall
(借り物の顔を すべて地へ落とせ)
Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
Hear the hidden voices call
(隠されていた声の呼びかけを聞け)
We will not turn where painted hands command
(彩られた手が命ずるままに もう我らは踊らない)
The pattern splits beneath our feet
(足元で 定められた舞の型が裂けてゆく)
No mask will speak for us again
(もう二度と 仮面に我らの声を代弁させはしない)

The second circuit tightens every ribbon at the throat
(二巡目の輪舞が始まり 喉元の飾り紐はさらに締め上げられる)
Reflections keep the rhythm of a life I never chose
(鏡像は 己が選ばなかった生の律動を刻み続ける)
I hear my buried voice emerge where all the footsteps thin
(足音がまばらになる場所で 埋もれていた己の声が蘇るのを聞く)
この声だけは奪わせない
(This voice alone I will never let them take)
偽りの名を脱ぎ捨てて進む
(I cast off the false name and press onward)

One broken rhythm passes from my step into the line
(ひとつの乱れた律動が 私の一歩から列の中へ伝わってゆく)
A hundred heads turn slowly as the silver cords unwind
(銀の糸がほどけるにつれ 百の顔がゆっくりとこちらを向く)

Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
Let the borrowed faces fall
(借り物の顔を すべて地へ落とせ)
Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
Hear the hidden voices call
(隠されていた声の呼びかけを聞け)
We will not turn where painted hands command
(彩られた手が命ずるままに もう我らは踊らない)
The pattern splits beneath our feet
(足元で 定められた舞の型が裂けてゆく)
No mask will speak for us again
(もう二度と 仮面に我らの声を代弁させはしない)

They promised safety if we never chose a name
(己の名さえ選ばなければ安らぎを与えると 彼らは誓った)
They called it peace when every motion stayed the same
(すべてが同じ動きを繰り返す世界を 彼らは平穏と呼んだ)
Now every silent mouth can choose the word it keeps
(今や沈黙していたすべての口が 己の内に留める言葉を選べる)
The first mask strikes the stone and every tether slips
(最初の仮面が石床を打ち すべての束縛がほどけてゆく)

Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
Let the borrowed faces fall
(借り物の顔を すべて地へ落とせ)
Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
Hear the hidden voices call
(隠されていた声の呼びかけを聞け)
We will not turn where painted hands command
(彩られた手が命ずるままに もう我らは踊らない)
The pattern splits beneath our feet
(足元で 定められた舞の型が裂けてゆく)
No mask will speak for us again
(もう二度と 仮面に我らの声を代弁させはしない)

Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
No borrowed face remains
(もはや借り物の顔はひとつも残らない)
Riven Masquerade
(引き裂かれし仮面舞踏会)
We choose our living names
(我らは今 己の生を刻む名を選ぶ)
The numbered roads unwind beneath an open sky
(番号を刻まれた道は 開かれた空の下でほどけてゆく)
We break the final circle with our own unmeasured stride
(誰にも測れぬ己の歩みで 最後の円環を打ち砕く)
No mask will speak for us again
(もう二度と 仮面に我らの声を代弁させはしない)

Prompt

Create Riven Masquerade as fast symphonic melodic power metal with speed-metal propulsion. Drive it with double-time drums, articulate double bass, mobile riffs, sharp accents and phrases that push past bar lines without becoming a constant wall. Establish the Split Mask Motif by 0:20: three clipped descending notes, one beat of rest, then a rising answer. Let the intro grow in stages before the full band arrives. Keep verses lean and tense then open the chorus into a wide, memorable title hook. Recur the motif in new ranges so it stays recognizable while evolving. Use a sparse mid-song break where the rising answer is withheld as a memory point, then relaunch with denser drums and a lead event. Keep clean melodic vocals clear and urgent; let the Japanese inner-voice lines feel intimate and distinct, not decorative. Expand the final chorus with new counterlines, stronger phrase motion, and the motif’s complete rising answer. Preserve clarity, articulation, contrast, and forward motion.