Island of Death

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Lyrics

Murk and salt consume a broken shore
(濁りと塩が荒れ果てた浜辺を呑み込む)
Waves return the names of those no longer named
(波は名を失った者たちの名を返す)

Black reeds whisper beneath moonless foam
(月なき泡の下で黒い葦が囁く)
Figures empty as washed up ash walk the loam
(打ち上げられた灰のように空虚な影が湿った土を歩く)
Lanterns hang with sealed breath and rusted rope
(息を封じられた灯籠が錆びた縄にぶら下がる)
I press my hand to the tide and learn to hope
(潮に手を当てて私は希望を知る)

Bones arranged in circles like abandoned houses
(骨は見捨てられた家のように輪を成す)
Ceramic eyes stare where memory douses
(陶製の瞳が記憶の消える場所を見つめる)
A shrine carved with unreadable tides
(判読できぬ潮流に刻まれた祠)
I trade my pulse for maps of hollow guides
(私は脈を差し出し虚ろな導きの地図と引き換える)

潮が秘密を呑み込む
(The tide swallows secrets)
残光が沈む先に声がある
(A voice calls beyond where the lingering light sinks)

Island of death we drift upon its skin
(死の島 その縁に私たちは漂う)
Every harbor keeps a song of what has been
(すべての港が過ぎ去りしものの歌を留める)
赤い潮が夢を縫い直す夜
(A night when the red tide restitches dreams)
灯の影が永く冷たく揺れる
(The shadow of the light sways long and cold)

Salt and iron write ledger lines on skin
(塩と鉄が皮膚に帳の罫線を刻む)
Puppets of the bay dance with missing kin
(湾の操り人形が行方知れぬ者たちと踊る)
Storms collect the last of laughing years
(嵐が笑いの残滓となった歳月を拾い集める)
I plant my name among the broken piers
(壊れた桟橋の間に私は名を刻む)

Beyond the reef the tide remembers our names and does not return them
(礁の向こうで潮は我らの名を覚えているが決して返さない)

月影が裂けて古い歌が漏れる
(The moon shadow splits and old songs leak out)
小さな祈りを照らす光
(A light that illuminates small prayers)

Island of death we burn with borrowed light
(死の島 私たちは借り物の光で燃える)
Tide carries whispers back into the night
(潮は囁きを夜へと戻す)
海の縁で命は砂に消える
(At the sea edge life vanishes into the sand)
誰かの微笑みだけがここに残る
(Only someone’s smile remains here)

We leave our names in salt and ash
(私たちは名を塩と灰に残す)
We turn our faces to a horizon smashed
(私たちは顔を打ち砕かれた地平へ向ける)
Island of death becomes a hymn at last
(死の島はついに賛歌となる)
Rise from the wreckage and eclipse the past
(廃墟から立ち上がり過去を覆い隠す)

Sea glass fingers close the page
(潮に磨かれた硝子が頁を閉じる)
The island keeps its appetite for more
(島はなおもより多くを求める)

Prompt

Tempo 230 BPM. Extreme symphonic death black metal merging merciless blast beats and crushing double bass with cinematic orchestral power. Tremolo guitars and downtuned chugs interweave with a shamisen and shakuhachi accent to add an eerie traditional timbre. Layers of strings brass and nebula synth form vast cinematic beds. Verses are dominated by guttural growls snarls and pig squeals. Pre choruses feature ethereal female cleans drenched in long plate reverb. Choruses soar with melodic male vocals doubled with choir harmonies. Include a heavy breakdown part of low open chugs syncopated stomps and a stomping gallows rhythm to create tectonic contrast. Spoken whispered passages should be intimate and close miked. Production notes apply a tight growl room roomy plate on cleans sidechain the kick under pads automate reverb swells stereo orchestral imaging and harmonic key shifts for epic payoff. Mix for low end clarity punchy drum transients and wide but defined orchestral spread extra.