[Intro] [A lone heartbeat. Wind whistles through dead trees. Clean, deep baritone vocals with distant whispers. A slow guitar drone builds beneath the silence.] The sun falls bleeding... Another day laid to rest... The silence knows my name... [Verse 1] [Slow, haunting groove. Clean vocals that gradually become rougher.] The sky is swallowed by the night, Silver burns across the clouds. I feel it crawling through my veins, A quiet curse that's screaming loud. Darkness dances in my blood, Pulling every nerve apart. Cold eclipses every thought, As something older wakes my heart. My pulse begins to pound like war, My breathing turns to ragged fire. The man I've always tried to be Is buried underneath desire. [Pre-Chorus] [The drums begin to march. Bass thickens. Guitars tighten.] Bones are shifting... Teeth are growing... Every chain is breaking free. The moon decides... Who walks tonight... And it isn't me. [Chorus] [Massive guitars. Driving double-kick drums. Layered gang harmonies.] When the moon ascends, I surrender to the change. Every ounce of who I was Is washed away inside the rage. Hear your heartbeat... Calling through the trees. The hunter never needs to chase... When terror brings the prey to me. [Verse 2] [The transformation is complete. Vocals become aggressive and feral.] Every muscle forged in pain, Every breath a sharpened blade. Instinct tears the leash apart, Leaving nothing left restrained. The forest bows beneath my stride, The shadows move beneath my skin. The night itself has opened wide To welcome all that lives within. Eyes reflecting silver fire, Every scent becomes a guide. The darkness doesn't hide me now... It runs beside my side. [Pre-Chorus 2] [Half-time groove. Crushing guitar chugs.] No salvation... No returning... No escape beneath this sky. The beast has tasted freedom... And it won't be denied. [Chorus] [Bigger than before. Choir harmonies under growled vocals.] When the moon ascends, The silence starts to shake. Every heartbeat echoes fear, With every single step I take. The forest whispers... Your name through the leaves. The hunter never sleeps at night... Only the frightened dream. [Bridge] [Everything drops away except clean guitar and eerie ambience. Whispered vocals.] I remember... Fragments of another life... A face... A voice... A name... They fade with every rising moon. Was I ever truly human... Or was this always waiting... Underneath... My skin? [Breakdown] [Crushing half-time groove. Downtuned guitars. Earth-shaking kick drums. Spoken growls explode into screams.] (Feel it...) Breaking every bone... (Feel it...) Flooding every vein... No mercy... No conscience... No control... Only instinct. Only hunger. The pounding in my chest... Becomes the pounding of your fear. Every breath you steal... Belongs to me. [Final Chorus] [Maximum intensity. Huge layered vocals. Relentless groove.] The stars bear witness As the darkness takes its throne. I wear the night Like flesh wrapped over bone. Run until your lungs collapse, Pray until your voice gives way. The dawn may steal the moon from me... But it can never wash The monster Away. [Outro] [The music slows to a haunting crawl. Heavy breathing fades into silence. One final wolf-like roar echoes in the distance.] Morning buries what I've done. The curse falls quiet... Until the sky Turns black...
