Rampart of Ember

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Lyrics

Embers map the cobbles like constellations of the lost
(残り火が石畳に地図を描く、失われた者たちの星座のように)
Bronze pennants fold then breathe as if remembering a name
(青銅の旗が折りたたまれ、まるで名前を思い出すかのように息をする)
A single spark survives a winter and hangs like a small accusation
(一つの火花が冬を越えて残り、ささやかな非難のように空中に留まる)
We stitch our stories into rope and haul them toward the rim
(私たちは物語を綱に縫い込み、その綱を縁へと引き寄せる)

Salt and ash shape the lanes the harbor keeps a patient glow
(塩と灰が小路を形作り、港は忍耐強く淡い光を灯している)
Soft promises gather into a single steady voice
(柔らかな約束が寄り集まり、一つの揺るがぬ声となる)

Emberbound hold the line and do not let the night unmake us
(焔に結ばれし者たちよ、陣を守れ 夜に我らを滅ぼさせるな)
灰の海を踏んで進め
(Tread the sea of ash and press onward)
Reach for the upward ridge and carry every faded vow
(上る稜線を目指し 色あせた誓いをすべて抱えて進め)
ここに残るはただ一つの印
(Only one mark remains here)

手をつなげ
(Join hands)
進むべき道
(The path we must follow)

Clockwork shadows fold like paper and unfold into steps
(機械仕掛けの影が紙のように折りたたまれ、やがて歩みへと開く)
Footfalls sync with distant hammers and with distant lungs
(足音は遠くの金槌と遠くの息と呼応する)
Beneath the parapet the old refrains begin to modernize
(胸壁の陰で古い旋律がやがて新しい色合いを帯び始める)
Hands that loosened once now learn the knot and mend the seam
(かつてほどいた手が今は結びを学び、綻びを繕う)

Across the low fog the number of our voices becomes a line
(低い霧を越えて、我らの声が列を成す)
We lend our breath we lend our bones we promise dawn will come
(我らは息を差し出し身を差し出し、夜明けは来ると誓う)

Emberbound hold the line and do not let the night unmake us
(焔に結ばれし者たちよ 陣を守れ 夜に我らを滅ぼさせるな)
灰の海を踏んで進め
(Tread the sea of ash and press onward)
Reach for the upward ridge and carry every faded vow
(上る稜線を目指し、色あせた誓いをすべて抱えて進め)
ここに残るはただ一つの印
(Only one mark remains here)

The spark becomes a path the rampart keeps the story moving
(その火花は道となり、砦は物語を先へと運び続ける)

Prompt

Extreme symphonic metal for a lyric video set at about 180 BPM with a driving but breathable pulse. Open with emberlike atmospherics that resolve into tight rhythm guitars and orchestral stabs. Drums use double bass and crisp snare with tasteful fills. Guitars alternate palm muted verses and open chord chorus work with a virtuosic midtrack solo mixing sweep arpeggios and tapping. Strings provide legato beds and rhythmic accents. Feature a clear soaring female lead vocal backed by layered choir and a warm lower male counterline. Use whispered spoken bridge sections for contrast. Arrange verses thin and tense then expand choruses wide and reverb rich. Mix for clarity and punch, keep sub bass controlled, widen choirs and strings, short reverb on fast parts and long on climaxes, mild saturation for warmth, avoid heavy compression to preserve dynamics. Repeat chorus with evolving harmonies and end on a coda where the ember motif returns carried by a clean guitar Make chorus catchy now.!!