[Intro | distant wind, corrupted 16-bit Zelda melody, low sub bass] [Whispered choir] The castle is burning... The sky is turning red... Something beneath the kingdom... Has awakened again. [Deep distorted vocal] Not a king. Not a man. A calamity. [Verse 1] For a hundred years The darkness slept Beneath the castle Beneath the dead The kingdom rebuilt The kingdom forgot They called the war A story long lost But beneath the stone Something waited below A hatred without a face A storm without a name [Whispered choir] It remembers... It remembers... [Pre-Chorus] The guardians awaken The machines turn red The ancient power Rises from the dead The castle shakes The mountains break And Hyrule finally remembers... What it tried to escape. [Chorus] The calamity returns! The darkness rises! The blood-red moon Is filling the skies! The calamity returns! The kingdom burns! No hero can stop What was buried below! Ganon! Ganon! The calamity returns! [Verse 2] The towers fall The guardians march Red eyes burning Across the dark The fields are empty The villages burn Everywhere you run... The darkness returns There is no throne. There is no crown. There is only destruction Coming down. [Pre-Chorus] The Hero awakens The Master Sword waits But even the blade Cannot stop fate The kingdom remembers The ancient war And beneath Hyrule Castle... The Calamity roars. [Chorus] The calamity returns! The darkness rises! The blood-red moon Is filling the skies! The calamity returns! The kingdom burns! No hero can stop What was buried below! Ganon! Ganon! The calamity returns! [Bridge | music drops to heartbeat and distorted piano] [Whispered vocal] You thought the seal was forever. You thought the war was over. You rebuilt your kingdom On top of a grave. You forgot what was underneath. [Deep distorted voice] I did not forget you. [Silence] [Low choir] Hyrule... Hyrule... Hyrule... [Build | heavy drums, distorted guitar, corrupted chiptune] The moon turns red. The castle opens. The guardians wake. The ancient hatred... Has found a body. [Massive choir] RUN! [Drums explode] RUN! [Final Chorus] THE CALAMITY RETURNS! THE KINGDOM BURNS! THE RED MOON RISES ABOVE THE WORLD! THE CALAMITY RETURNS! THE DARKNESS HAS COME! THE HERO MAY STAND... BUT THE WAR HAS BEGUN! GANON! GANON! THE CALAMITY RETURNS! NO KING! NO CROWN! NO HUMAN REMAINS! ONLY CALAMITY! ONLY FLAME! ONLY THE DARKNESS... CALLING HIS NAME! [Final Crescendo] [Full choir] THE CALAMITY RETURNS! THE CALAMITY RETURNS! THE CALAMITY RETURNS! [Music suddenly cuts] [Quiet wind] [Whispered choir] A hundred years... And it begins again. [Deep distorted breath] Ganon. [Final corrupted 16-bit note]
