Last Wall

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Last Wall, where all the rivers turn
(最後の壁よ すべての川はそこで引き返す)

All roads return before the mountain wall
(山の巨壁を前にすべての道が引き返す)
Their stones lie polished by a thousand soles
(幾千もの足に踏まれた敷石は 滑らかに磨き上げられている)
At dusk the rivers climb their ancient beds
(暮れなずむ頃 川は古い川床を遡る)
And every trail comes circling to its start
(あらゆる小径が巡り巡って始まりへ戻る)
The towers keep the names of those who came
(塔はかつてここへ来た者たちの名を留めている)
I trace them through the dust of vanished years
(消え去った歳月の塵を払い その名を指でなぞる)
Then find my own among the weathered marks
(風雨に削られた刻印の中に自分の名を見つける)
An older hand had carved it into the stone
(遠い昔に誰かの手がその名を石に刻んでいた)

石の奥で私の名が響く
(My name echoes deep within the stone)
遠く故郷の火がまたたく
(Far away, the fire of my homeland flickers)
消えかけた足跡を踏み越え
(I step beyond the fading footprints)
私は名もない道へ向かう
(And turn toward a nameless road)

Last Wall, where all the rivers turn
(最後の壁よ すべての川はそこで引き返す)
The buried waters strain beneath your shadow
(その影の下で封じられた水が出口を求めて抗う)
Last Wall, I feel the stone awake
(最後の壁よ 石の目覚めを肌に感じる)
A thousand names are stirring in the darkness
(幾千もの名が闇の中でうごめき始める)
One hidden road is rising through the ground
(隠されていた一本の道が地の底から姿を現す)
Last Wall, I’m running where it leads
(最後の壁よ 私はその道の導く先へ駆けてゆく)

壁の向こうで潮が満ちる
(Beyond the wall, the tide is rising)
岩の底から波が呼ぶ
(From the depths of the rock, the waves are calling)

薄明の谷を走り抜け
(I race through the valley in the half-light)
折り返す道を踏み外す
(I step off the road that turns back upon itself)
崖の縁に母の刻んだ
(At the cliff’s edge my mother had carved)
小さな印が残っていた
(A small mark the years could not erase)
私はそこへ掌を重ね
(I press my palm against the mark)
もう一度だけ故郷を思う
(And think of home just once more)
石の隙間に潮の匂い
(The scent of the sea rises through the cracks in the stone)
背後の灯は遠ざかってゆく
(The lights behind me recede into the distance)

The stone speaks in my own voice
(石はほかならぬ私の声で語りかける)
Turn back. Your name is safe here.
(引き返せ ここならおまえの名は守られる)

Last Wall, where all the rivers turn
(最後の壁よ すべての川はそこで引き返す)
The buried waters strain beneath your shadow
(その影の下で封じられた水が出口を求めて抗う)

道を開け
(Open the way)

最後の壁よ 影を残して
(O final wall, let your shadow remain)
幾重の道が今ほどけてゆく
(The many winding roads are unraveling now)
遠ざかる灯を胸に抱き
(I hold the receding lights close to my heart)
まだ見ぬ岸辺へ駆けてゆく
(And race toward shores I have never seen)

川は海へと流れ出す
(The rivers flow at last into the sea)
名もない波が夜を渡る
(Nameless waves cross the night)

Last Wall, the rivers run ahead
(最後の壁よ 川は今こそ彼方へ流れ出す)
The buried waters surge beyond your shadow
(封じられた水はその影を越えて奔流となる)
Last Wall, my name remains in stone
(最後の壁よ 私の名は今も石に刻まれたまま)
While far beyond, the nameless waters shimmer
(遥か彼方では名もなき水面がきらめいている)
The lights of home still burn behind my eyes
(故郷の灯は今も瞼の裏で燃えている)
Last Wall, I carry them beyond
(最後の壁よ 私はその灯を携えて彼方へ進む)

故郷の灯は胸にともる
(The light of home burns within my heart)
道なき岸へ風が渡る
(The wind sweeps toward a shore beyond all roads)

Prompt

Extreme structural mutation in fast melodic power metal: a soaring chorus must fracture partway through its return, then reappear transformed, while galloping momentum survives every cut. Open immediately with a four-note climbing guitar figure pinned to a low pedal and a female clean hook. Keep razor-sharp double bass, mobile basslines and articulate power riffs driving beneath high, singing twin leads. Verses have tense, wistful minor-centered harmonies; choruses soar with bittersweet, heroic leaps, never losing a clear lead melody. Female solo vocals carry English hooks and a substantial Japanese verse and release. At mid-song, her brief English spoken warning rides clipped guitars over an unbroken pulse. Interrupt the recalled chorus, invert the opening figure into harmonized lead, then launch a new Japanese soaring refrain. One fierce female harsh accent marks the crossing. A female choir answers in Japanese and supports the altered final hook. End decisively, without a long fade.