The Wound Remembers

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石はすべてを忘れてゆく
(Even stone forgets all things)
それでも傷は眠らない
(Yet the wound never sleeps)

They scraped our names from the obsidian gate
(黒曜石の門から我らの名は削り落とされた)
They sealed the valley underneath a crown of white
(白き冠の下に谷は封じられた)
The towers swore that nothing happened here
(塔はここでは何も起こらなかったと誓った)
But every scar beneath our armor knew the lie
(だが鎧の下に刻まれた傷のすべてがその偽りを知っていた)
No witness stood where the black banners fell
(黒き旗が倒れた地には証人ひとり残らなかった)
No voice remained inside the hollow throne
(虚ろな玉座には声ひとつ残らなかった)
Still beneath our skin the buried years awake
(それでも我らの肌の下で葬られた歳月が目を覚ます)
And what was taken speaks through flesh and bone
(奪われたものは今もこの肉と骨を通して語り続ける)

石碑が忘れても
(Even if the monument forgets)
この傷は消えない
(This wound will never fade)
奪われた昨日を抱いて
(Holding close the yesterday they stole from us)
我らはまだここにいる
(We are still here)

The wound remembers what the stone denied
(石が否んだものを傷は忘れない)
The wound remembers when the truth was buried
(真実が葬られたあの時を傷は忘れない)
消された声をこの身に刻み
(We carve the silenced voices into our flesh)
We carry them beyond the dying light
(消えゆく光の彼方までその声を我らは背負ってゆく)

The wound remembers
(傷は忘れない)

白い塔は何もなかったと告げる
(The white towers proclaim that nothing ever happened)
閉ざされた門は沈黙だけを守る
(The sealed gates guard nothing but silence)
砕かれた誓いは土の底に眠り
(Shattered vows sleep beneath the earth)
名を奪われた者たちは夢にも残らない
(Those stripped of their names linger not even in dreams)
それでも傷は夜ごと熱を帯びる
(Yet night after night the wound begins to burn)
忘却の鎖を内側から裂いてゆく
(It tears the chains of oblivion apart from within)
誰にも読めない歴史を抱えたまま
(Bearing a history that no one can read)
我らは失われた時代を連れて進む
(We march onward carrying the age that was lost)

If every monument turns away
(すべての石碑が目を背けようとも)
If every written word is gone
(記された言葉がすべて失われようとも)
Let living flesh become the witness
(ならば生ける身を証人とせよ)
Let what survived remember still
(生き残ったものよ 今なお忘れるな)

The wound remembers what the stone denied
(石が否んだものを傷は忘れない)
The wound remembers when the truth was buried
(真実が葬られたあの時を傷は忘れない)
忘れられた声はまだ消えない
(The forgotten voices have not yet faded)
We carry them beyond the dying light
(消えゆく光の彼方までその声を我らは背負ってゆく)

The wound remembers
(傷は忘れない)

Take the monument down
(その石碑を打ち倒せ)
Leave no throne above the silence
(沈黙を見下ろす玉座など残すな)
Let the empty stone confess
(虚ろな石に告白させよ)
It never held the truth
(そこに真実など一度も宿ってはいなかったと)
忘れることを救いとは呼ばない
(We will not call forgetting salvation)
痛みを消すことを赦しとは呼ばない
(We will not call the erasure of pain forgiveness)
傷が残るなら
(If the wound remains)
まだ終わってはいない
(Then this is not yet the end)

Remember
(忘れるな)

The wound remembers what the stone denied
(石が否んだものを傷は忘れない)
The wound remembers every vanished voice
(消え去ったすべての声を傷は忘れない)
消された昨日をここへ呼び戻せ
(Call back the yesterday that was erased)
No crown can choose which history survives
(どの歴史が生き残るかを王冠に選ばせはしない)
The wound remembers when the towers fall
(塔が崩れ落ちるその時を傷は忘れない)
The wound remembers after names are gone
(名がすべて失われた後も傷は忘れない)
傷を抱いたまま我らは進む
(Still bearing our wounds we march onward)
What they erased will live in us beyond the dawn
(彼らが消し去ったものは夜明けを越えて我らの内に生き続ける)

The wound remembers
(傷は忘れない)

石は忘れた
(The stone has forgotten)
我らは忘れない
(We will not forget)

Prompt

Fast, uncompromising melodic death metal with harsh-led major sections and strong macro-state contrast. Open compactly and establish the MDM riff drive early. Male growls/harsh vocals dominate major verses and choruses; female cleans provide contrasting lift without replacing the extreme core. Drive with high-speed double-time/two-beat feel, precise double bass, sharp tremolo riffs, palm-muted propulsion, heavy low riffs, and clear articulation. Keep guitars central, with memorable harmonized leads and a melodic identity introduced early and transformed on return. Shape the arc as aggressive state → lower-density fracture → forceful aggressive return. Make the fracture darker and more spacious, then re-enter with stronger counterlines, layered harsh vocals, and renewed rhythmic insistence. Use dark, mournful, minor-centered melody, tragic weight, restrained atmosphere, and secondary strings/choir only. Keep riffs, drums, bass, and harsh vocals dominant; avoid symphonic-metal drift.