[Intro] [deep desert wind] [very low 16-bit bass pulse] [distant animalistic breathing] [low cello tremolo] [distorted guitar harmonic] [one distant bell] [Whispered choir] Do not wake him. [Silence] [Deep distorted growl] Ganon. [Verse 1] [slow primal drum] [16-bit bass pulses underneath] Before the kingdom had a name Before the castle touched the sky Something slept beneath the earth And waited there beneath the light No prayer could make it holy No prison could make it die The sages buried him in darkness But darkness learned to open its eyes He does not speak of kingdoms. He does not speak of kings. He does not remember mercy. He remembers nothing. [Pre-Chorus] [cello grows heavier] [violin scraping harmonics] The Hero calls it evil. The sages call it fate. But the oldest stones remember... It was here before the gate. [Whispered choir] Before the kingdom... Before the Hero... Before the light. [Chorus] [heavy war drums] [distorted guitar] [full cello] Ganon... The beast without a name No man left inside him No soul left to reclaim Ganon... The hunger underneath When the kingdom falls to darkness He is all that still remains He does not want the Triforce. He does not need a throne. He only wants the world to break... Until the dark is all that's known. [Verse 2] The Hero raises up the sword. The beast does not retreat. The Master Sword becomes a spark Against a mountain made of teeth. The sages call the seal unbreakable. The gods call the prison strong. But every hundred years The darkness proves them wrong. He rises from the ashes. He rises from the stone. He rises when the kingdom sleeps... Because the dark remembers home. [Pre-Chorus] [16-bit melody fractures] [violin tremolo intensifies] Do not call him Ganondorf. That name belongs to the dead. Do not search for the man. There is nothing there. [Whispered choir] Nothing... Nothing... Nothing... [Chorus] Ganon... The beast without a name No man left inside him No soul left to reclaim Ganon... The hunger underneath When the kingdom falls to darkness He is all that still remains He does not want the Triforce. He does not need a throne. He only wants the world to break... Until the dark is all that's known. [Bridge] [music nearly disappears] [deep breathing] [low cello] [distorted 16-bit heartbeat] [Whispered male voice] They tried to understand him. The sages gave him a name. The priests gave him a curse. The Hero gave him an ending. None of them were right. [Long silence] You cannot reason with hunger. [Deep growl] You cannot kill the night. [Sudden distorted guitar hit] [Choir, whispering] He is coming back. He is coming back. He is coming back. [Final Verse] [war drums slowly building] [cello and violin rising] The castle burns. The kingdom screams. The moon turns red above the fields. The Hero walks into the fire. And the beast... Does not even blink. The sword can cut his flesh. The sages can seal the door. But every ending is a beginning... And every grave becomes a war. [Final Chorus] [huge choir] [distorted organ] [heavy guitar] [full strings] [16-bit melody screaming underneath] GANON! THE BEAST WITHOUT A NAME! THE LAST SHADOW STANDING WHEN THE KINGDOM BURNS! GANON! THE HUNGER NEVER DIES! THE HERO MAY DEFEAT HIM... BUT THE DARKNESS SURVIVES! No crown! No kingdom! No mercy! No throne! There is nothing left inside him... Because there was never a man. Only the beast. Only the hunger. Only the dark. [Music cuts completely] [Outro] [very quiet 16-bit pulse] [distant wind] [single cello harmonic] [Whispered choir] Do not wake him. [Long silence] [Deep breathing] [Whisper] Ganon. [Final distorted 16-bit bass note]
