Blood Cathedral

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Red morning spills across the chapel floor
(赤い朝が礼拝堂の床を染めてゆく)
The penitents kneel beneath a marble saint
(贖いを求める者たちは大理石の聖者の下に跪く)
The priest lays both his hands upon their brows
(司祭は彼らの額に両手を置き)
And takes the voices from their open mouths
(開いた口から声を奪い去る)
Behind the altar something strikes the stone
(祭壇の奥で何かが石壁を打ち鳴らす)
I press my ear against it and hear breathing
(耳を押し当てれば闇の向こうに息遣いが聞こえる)

冷たい壁に額を寄せて
(With my brow against the cold wall)
まだ生きていると爪で刻む
(With my nails I carve the words I still live)
その足音が近づくたび
(Each time those footsteps draw nearer)
胸の奥に光が差し込む
(A shard of light pierces the depths of my heart)

Blood Cathedral
(血の大聖堂)
石壁の奥の声を解き放て
(Set free the voices sealed beyond the stone)
罪を洗うその水が
(The water that claims to cleanse all sin)
誰の血なのか見届けろ
(Bear witness to whose blood flows within)
Blood Cathedral
(血の大聖堂)
ひび割れた聖壇の奥へ
(Into the depths beyond the fractured altar)
かすかな息をたどり
(I follow the faintest breath)
この手で扉を開く
(With my own hand I open the gate)

I follow dark red threads beneath the pews
(長椅子の下を這う暗紅の糸を追ってゆく)
They lead me down where pillars meet the earth
(それは柱が大地に触れる場所へ私を導く)
A face stirs just beneath the stone
(石のすぐ下でひとつの顔が微かに動く)
One hand reaches through the crumbling mortar
(崩れかけた石の継ぎ目から片手が伸びる)
The priest descends with crimson on his sleeves
(袖を深紅に染めた司祭が降りてくる)
He blocks the stairs while someone calls my name
(司祭が階段を塞ぐなか誰かが私の名を呼ぶ)

石の隙間へ手を伸ばす
(I reach my hand into the fissure in the stone)
その温もりを離さない
(I will not let that warmth slip away)
崩れ落ちる天井の下
(Beneath the collapsing ceiling)
あなたの名前を呼び続ける
(I keep calling out your name)

祭壇を支える柱に
(Into the pillar that bears the altar)
震える手で亀裂を刻む
(With trembling hands I carve a fracture)
白い石に赤が滲み
(Crimson seeps across the pallid stone)
奥から幾つもの手が伸びる
(And countless hands reach out from the darkness within)

The vaulted ceiling opens to the sky
(穹窿の天井が裂け空へと開く)
The prisoners cross the shattered chapel floor
(囚われていた者たちは砕けた礼拝堂の床を渡ってゆく)
The red mark burns across my open palm
(開いた掌には深紅の痕が灼けついている)
I lead them past the broken marble saint
(砕けた大理石の聖者を越えて彼らを導いてゆく)

Blood Cathedral
(血の大聖堂)
石壁の奥の声を解き放て
(Set free the voices sealed beyond the stone)
罪を洗うその水に
(In the water that washes away sin)
もう誰の血も混ざらない
(No one’s blood shall mingle with it again)
Blood Cathedral
(血の大聖堂)
崩れた聖壇を越えて
(Beyond the altar fallen into ruin)
失われた声が空を満たす
(The voices once stolen now fill the heavens)
石の影から朝へ歩き出す
(From beneath the shadow of stone we walk into the dawn)

Footsteps cross the shattered chapel floor
(足音が砕けた礼拝堂の床を渡ってゆく)
Morning light climbs every broken wall
(朝の光が崩れた壁を一つずつ昇ってゆく)

Prompt

Symphonic death metal with brutal/melodic polarity. NO instrumental intro or orchestral lead-in: start ON the first growled lyric with full drums, fast tremolo riff and the four-note arch motif doubled by clipped strings. Verses MUST sustain the same rapid double-time pulse as the opening: relentless kicks, blast bursts, tight growls and moving riffs. Never switch to half-time, slow groove, spacious beat or pads when Verse 1 begins; reserve half-time chugs for the breakdown only. Keep Verse 2 and rebuild equally fast. Let female-clean pre-choruses open into boldly lyrical, sustained minor-key melody with harsh attack withdrawn; no whispering. Choruses stay growl-led while singing guitar and choir deliver a memorable soaring hook. Keep the melodic interlude brief; expose the motif on guitar, then crash into the brutal breakdown. The lead event expands into expressive neoclassical melody; restore fast growled momentum for the final chorus. Orchestra supports, never masks riffs or vocals.