One Hundred Arrows

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Lyrics

Steel-light strikes the morning’s veil, our shadows stitch the road ahead
(鋼の光が朝の帳を打ち裂き、我らの影が先の道を縫い合わす)
Letters burned on palm and blade, each step a promise never said
(手のひらと刃に焼きついた文字、歩む一歩ごとに口にされぬ誓いがある)
We run on seams of fractured sky, the map is burning in our hands
(ひび割れた空の継ぎ目を駆ける、地図は我らの手の中で燃え上がる)
Bright threads of fear become a cord, I hold the weight you lend
(恐れの光る糸が一つの綱となる、君が託した重みを私はしっかりと受け止める)

Hear the bell within your chest, an echo sharp as wire
(胸の奥で鳴る鐘を聞け、針金のように鋭く響く)
We answer in a single beat, the world becomes our choir
(一つの鼓動で応え、世界が我らの合唱となる)

掲げよ、誓いを、百の矢を空へ放て
(Raise it high – your oath, launch a hundred arrows into the sky)
失せた声はまた帰る 燃える心が道を裂く
(The lost voices will return, burning hearts rend open the path)
Sing it loud, the anthem of reborn light
(高らかに歌え、よみがえる光の賛歌を)

叫べ、刻め
(Cry aloud, engrave it)
心を繋げ
(Bind our hearts together)

Clock-hands cut across the field, time spills gold on iron bands
(時計の針が野を切り裂き、時は鉄の輪に黄金を零す)
Ancient names in copper ink, we trace them with our battle hands
(古い名が銅色の墨で記されている、我らは戦いの手でそれらをなぞる)
No harbor, no lantern’s hush – just motion carving truth in flame
(港も燈の静けさもない、ただ動きだけが炎で真実を刻む)
The past becomes the engine now, our vow remembers every name
(過去が今や原動力となり、我らの誓いは一つひとつの名を記憶している)

Then choir returns like blades that fold to suns
(やがて合唱が戻る、刃が太陽へと折り畳まれるかのように)
We charge, we keep, we forward-bound, the hundred arcs become as one
(我らは突進し、守り、前へ向かう。百の軌跡は一つに結ばれる)

掲げよ、誓いを、百の矢を空へ放て
(Raise it high – your oath, launch a hundred arrows into the sky)
失せた声はまた帰る 燃える心が道を裂く
(The lost voices will return, burning hearts rend open the path)
Sing it loud, the anthem of reborn light
(高らかに歌え、よみがえる光の賛歌を)

掲げよ、誓いを、百の矢は今羽ばたく
(Raise it high – your oath, now the hundred arrows take flight)
闇を貫きて声は帰り 光は我らの合図となる
(They pierce the darkness and voices return, the light becomes our signal)
Sing it – for the thousand mornings yet to come
(歌え、これから来る千の朝のために)

One hundred arcs – one single dawn
(百の軌跡、それはひとつの夜明け)

Prompt

Genre: Melodic Power Metal. BPM: 178, relentless gallop with brief rubato moments.
Instrumentation: multi-layered rhythm guitars (palm-muted verses, open chorus chords), searing lead guitars, twin harmonies, virtuosic mid-song solo section, full string section and choir doubling melodic peaks, tight double-bass drums and punchy snare, driving bass, occasional pipe-organ or harpsichord.
Vocals: soaring clean lead with anime-style catchy hooks, choir-backed choruses, and accented guttural growls used sparingly for contrast. Melodies: memorable, singable phrases, bright major/minor shifts for uplift, pre-chorus lift into explosive chorus. Arrangement: contrast taut, percussive verses with expansive, reverb-rich choruses; place a violin-guitar duel or twin-lead solo mid-track. Production: preserve transient punch, clear midrange for vocal/guitar interplay, short reverbs on fast passages and lush long reverbs on climaxes, tasteful saturation for warmth without smearing dynamics.