Crystal Votive

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Moonlight pools in a hollow vessel
(空洞の器に月光がたまる)
A single flame sets the crystal to listening
(たった一つの灯が結晶を静かに聴き入らせる)

I come with empty palms and pockets full of questions
(私は空の手のひらを携え、問いで満ちたポケットを抱えてやって来る)
Mist clings like old sleeves to the hem of the world
(霧が世界の裾に、古い袖のようにまとわりつく)
Footsteps fold themselves back into the soil like thin paper maps
(足跡は薄紙の地図のように土へと折り畳まれていく)
Where hush has learned to build its own small city of light
(静寂が自ら小さな光の街を築くことを覚えた場所)

水晶は言葉を溶かす
(The crystal dissolves words)
掌に落ちる静けさを
(The silence that falls into the palm)

Crystal Votive carry the small confession home
(水晶の捧げものよ 小さな告白を帰るべき場所へ届けて)
水の記憶が灯を抱きしめるとき
(When the memory of water embraces the flame)
Hold the promises too fragile to speak aloud
(口に出すにはあまりにも脆い約束を抱きしめて)
Let the offering glow until it learns to breathe
(捧げ物がやがて呼吸を覚えるまで光を灯し続けて)

We trade what we cannot name for shapes that hang on thread
(名付けられないものを、糸にぶら下がるかたちと交換する)
Paper boats tethered to the ribs of evening
(夕べの肋に繋がれた紙の舟)
Lanterns ask not for names only for careful keeping
(灯りは名を問わずただ大切に守られることを望む)
And from careful keeping a quiet answer grows
(そして大切に守ることから静かな答えが生まれる)

この誓いを風は忘れない
(The wind will not forget this vow)
ただ焔を手にこの道を歩む
(I walk this path with only a flame in my hand)

Crystal Votive bring the hidden vows to light
(水晶の捧げものよ 隠された誓いを照らし出して)
掌の灯が夜を裂く
(The light in the palm tears the night apart)
We cast our small bright offerings into the sky
(私たちは小さな光る捧げものを空へ放つ)
Till the hush repeats them back as hymn
(静寂がそれらを賛歌として繰り返すまで)

A votive remains a small altar in the dark
(捧げものは暗闇の中の小さな祭壇として残る)
The moon keeps its counsel and the flame does not answer
(月は秘めたまま沈黙を守り 炎は答えない)

Prompt

At 220 BPM craft a cinematic symphonic metal track blending ritual atmosphere with sweeping melodic weight. Open with a bell motif and crystalline arpeggios that suggest an offering under moonlight. Verses stay intimate and sparse with harp and whispered female lines. Pre choruses rise into warm brass and choir swells. Choruses should be widescreen led by a soaring female lead vocal with a warm male low counterline and occasional guttural accents. Use tremolo guitars and double bass for forward momentum while leaving room for airy pads and violin phrases. Include an instrumental interlude with a violin solo over taiko accents then a final chorus with expanded choir and harmonic change. Prioritize vocal clarity and presence with a punchy kick and tight snare. Keep bass controlled and mids articulate. Place choir and strings wide in stereo and center guitars. Add subtle tempo micro shifts before key returns and close with an elegiac coda where the bell motif returns with distant choir.