Second Burial

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The soil kicks back beneath my boots tonight
(今宵 靴の下で土がこちらを蹴り返す)
Two hollow blows are climbing through the stone
(二つの空ろな打音が石を伝って這い上がる)

Fresh mortar splits along the chapel floor
(塗りたての漆喰が礼拝堂の床に沿って裂けてゆく)
Black roots curl around the iron nails
(黒い根が鉄釘に巻きつく)
A shovel falls and trembles in the dust
(鉄鋤が落ち 土埃の中で震える)
Something below has found the weight above
(地の底の何かが頭上にのしかかる重みを感じ取った)
Lantern glass begins to shake in rows
(並んだ灯の硝子が震え始める)
The graveyard wall leans inward with the sound
(その響きに墓地の壁が内側へ傾く)

土が脈打つ
(The earth begins to pulse)
墓標が喉を鳴らす
(The gravestones rumble in their throats)
閉じたはずの闇が
(The darkness that should have stayed sealed)
足元からまた開く
(Opens again beneath our feet)

二度目の埋葬へ
(On to the second burial)
鉄の杭をさらに深く打ち込め
(Drive the iron stakes deeper still)
Second burial, drag the daylight underground
(二度目の埋葬よ 日の光を地の底へ引きずり込め)
Seal the mouth that learned to breathe beneath the town
(街の地下で息を覚えたその口を封じろ)

夜明け前の採石場で石灰の粉が舞う
(Lime dust swirls through the quarry before dawn)
昨日埋めた棺の蓋が内側から軋む
(The coffin we buried yesterday groans from within)
墓守の灯が一つずつ泥へ沈み
(The gravekeeper’s lanterns sink one by one into the mud)
足元を走る亀裂が古い礼拝堂へ向かう
(A fissure races beneath our feet toward the old chapel)
冷えた鎖を肩に巻き直し
(We sling the cold chain over our shoulders once more)
崩れた階段を土の底へ降りてゆく
(We descend the ruined stairs into the depths of the earth)

Two knocks travel up the shaft
(二つの打音が縦坑を伝って昇ってくる)
Every hanging lantern swings
(吊るされた灯がことごとく揺れる)
Stone dust falls across our hands
(石の粉が我らの手に降りかかる)
The buried chamber opens wide
(埋もれた地下室が大きく口を開く)

二度目の埋葬へ
(On to the second burial)
黒い息を土の底へ押し戻せ
(Drive the black breath back into the depths of the earth)
Second burial, drag the daylight underground
(二度目の埋葬よ 日の光を地の底へ引きずり込め)
Seal the mouth that learned to breathe beneath the town
(街の地下で息を覚えたその口を封じろ)

We reach the room beneath the first grave
(我らは最初の墓のさらに下にある部屋へ辿り着く)
The coffin hangs above a deeper pit
(棺はさらに深い穴の上に吊られている)
Mud runs down the walls in narrow streams
(泥が細い筋となって壁を伝い落ちる)
Each drop lands twice before the echo dies
(反響が消えるまで 雫の落ちる音は二度響く)
A row of rusted spades begins to ring
(錆びた鉄鋤が列をなして鳴り始める)
The lower stones move outward one by one
(下段の石が一つずつ外へ押し出されてゆく)

Down
(下へ)
Again
(もう一度)
Stone on bone
(骨の上に石を)
Earth on name
(名の上に土を)
埋めろ
(Bury it)
まだ深く
(Deeper still)
息が止まるまで
(Until its breathing stops)
土が静まるまで
(Until the earth falls still)

One coffin lies below the other
(一つの棺の下に もう一つの棺が横たわる)
Something between them still has teeth
(その狭間の何かには まだ牙がある)

The seam splits wide
(封じた継ぎ目が大きく裂ける)
We strike twice
(我らは二度打ち込む)
The chamber bucks
(地下室が獣のように跳ね上がる)
Every shovel rings
(すべての鉄鋤が鳴り響く)

二度目の埋葬へ
(On to the second burial)
黒い息を土の底へ押し戻せ
(Drive the black breath back into the depths of the earth)
Second burial, hammer every doorway shut
(二度目の埋葬よ あらゆる入口を打ち塞げ)
Let the grave remember nothing but the weight
(墓にはただ重みだけを記憶させろ)
二度目の埋葬へ
(On to the second burial)
崩れる土をこの手で押さえ込め
(Press the collapsing earth down with these hands)
Second burial, drive the iron deeper down
(二度目の埋葬よ 鉄をさらに深く打ち込め)
Two final blows and silence seals the ground
(最後の二打が響き 静寂が大地を封じる)

二つの音だけが朝まで残る
(Only two sounds linger until dawn)
Then the quarry goes still
(そして採石場は静まり返る)

Prompt

At 228 BPM, make Second Burial a fast, grief-heavy melodic death metal track led by ferocious growls, razor-edged riffs, harmonized guitar melody and double-time propulsion. Commit to MDM identity immediately with a two-note grave-knock guitar motif before the full chorus. Let drums alternate driving 2-beat, double bass, blast surges, and one crushing half-time collapse. Keep English and Japanese as co-primary lyric languages, with vocals growled except for a brief bridge whisper. Make choruses dark and oppressive rather than uplifting: keep them in a minor tonal center, avoid bright major-key lift, triumphant chord motion, or soaring melody, and let the hook come from growled rhythm, descending melody, and crushing harmonic weight. Reuse the grave-knock motif at transitions and after the breakdown with thicker harmony. Keep strings and low brass restrained behind the band. Preserve sectional dwell, sharp articulation, and a final surge that deepens despair without sounding victorious.