Forest of Ash - Hai No Mori

[Cold Open — match strike / close-mic breath] One spark. One breath. One forest left for dead. [Verse 1 — tight, fast rhythmic delivery] Dry leaves under blackened boots Smoke is crawling through the roots Orange teeth behind the trees The fire speaks in broken screams Kaze ga hi o hakobu The wind brings flame Every branch is calling My forgotten name No way forward No way back The sky is burning Red and black [Build — drums accelerating] Feel the heat climb up my spine Feel the air become a knife No river deep No shelter near The forest feeds on fear [Chorus — huge, simple, fully English] FOREST OF ASH! RUN THROUGH THE FLAME! FOREST OF ASH! NOTHING REMAINS! Burn the silence Burn the lies I see the fire Inside my eyes FOREST OF ASH! I WILL NOT FALL! If the world is burning I will burn through all! [Verse 2 — frantic, overlapping vocal attacks] Animals running through the smoke Every breath becomes a choke Trees collapse like dying gods Ash is falling, hot as blood Mori wa sakebu The forest screams Nothing left But broken dreams The flames are dancing Wild and tall I hear the mountain Start to call [Drop — instruments cut, kick drum pulse] No rescue. No rain. No mercy in the flame. [Breakdown — slow, stomping, gang shouts] BURN! THE ROOTS! BURN! THE SKY! ASH! IN MY LUNGS! I WON’T— I WON’T DIE! [Final Chorus — faster re-entry] FOREST OF ASH! RUN THROUGH THE FLAME! FOREST OF ASH! NOTHING REMAINS! Burn the silence Burn the lies I see the fire Inside my eyes FOREST OF ASH! I WILL NOT FALL! If the world is burning I will burn through all! [Outro — crackling embers / exhausted clean line] Hi wa tomaranai. The fire does not stop.