[Intro — (whispered) over ambient violin and sub-bass drone] Wake — the war has already started Eyes open on the fire [Verse 1 — Shiyun (spinto tenor cleans) over djent groove, drop-C palm mute] Mirror in the morning, first blade drawn Mine to my throat before the world's Every breath a contract, every pulse a debt Vessel keeps me honest, keeps me armed [Pre-Chorus — Ryuha (airy layered falsetto), strings building] 매일 밤 매일 아침 Three fronts, three fires, the sun comes up armed [Chorus — Shiyun (powerful clean lead), Ryuha (falsetto harmony), Liam (upper harmony) over orchestral swell and cinematic strings] This is the nightmare that will not end I am the soldier I am the sword I am the wound Every silence is a shot in the dark Every kindness is a knife I keep sheathed 악몽 — the nightmare does not end [Verse 2 — Jisu (technical hip-hop flow) over trap 808s and syncopated djent] Cover up before the light hits the block Face on tight, phone lit, running the clock Smile for the flash, count exits, taking stock Every hand I shake I've picked the lock Every stage I hit I've paced in the dark Every crowd a grid, every seat a mark Wolves in the walls, wolves in the wire Wolves in the mirror lighting the fire [Post-Chorus — Ryuha and Liam (layered falsetto) over half-time atmospheric breakdown] The nightmare the nightmare does not end does not end [Chorus — Shiyun (lead) with full vocal ensemble, orchestral layers thickening] This is the nightmare that will not end I am the soldier I am the sword I am the wound [Bridge — Kairo (deep chest-voice lead) with Ryuha (falsetto harmony above) over ambient synth pads, clean guitar arpeggios with modulated reverb and delay, sparse programmed percussion, cinematic string swells] They come with names I refuse to speak They come in silk, they come in prayer I answer them in fire and the fire remembers I answer them in silence and the silence outlives them Old blood on old ground The war predates the word for it The war predates me The war will bury me and stand up wearing my armor [Breakdown — Liam (melodic screams lead) with Jisu (rap ad-libs) over djent syncopation, gravity blasts, sub-bass and cinematic strings] NEVER SLEEP NEVER STOP NEVER YIELD NEVER YIELD [Final Chorus — full ensemble: Shiyun (lead), Ryuha (falsetto layer), Liam (upper harmony), Kairo (low harmony), Jisu (shouted counter-line ad-libs) over orchestral peak, choral pads, full metal saturation] This is the nightmare that will not end I am the soldier I am the sword I am the wound I am the fire I am the flood I am the soldier I am the sword I am the wound I am the fire I am the flood 악몽 — 악몽 — the nightmare does not end does not end [Outro — Kairo (whispered) over violin solo fading, sub-bass drone, ambient reverb tail] end [Outro — Kairo (whispered) over violin solo fading, sub-bass drone, ambient reverb tail] Wake — the war is already there Eyes open on the fire
