Black Rain - Kuro Ame

[Intro — whispered / distant thunder] Under the drowned torii I leave my name in the mud Yami opens its mouth The clouds begin to drum [Verse I] Iron needles flay the dawn Cold water fills the lungs of stone Every path erased beneath A blackened sky with broken teeth My hands are rivers My eyes are ash I beg for silence— The heavens answer with a crash [Pre-Chorus] Raijin, beat your war-drum skin Call the flood to crawl within No roof, no god, no sacred flame Kuro ame—erase my name [Chorus] KURO AME! Wash me to bone KURO AME! Leave nothing known Lightning carves through blood and brain I am reborn in black rain [Verse II] The wind tears banners from the dead Roots rise screaming from the earth A thousand shattered voices drown Inside the storm’s colossal throat I watched the mountain bow its head I watched the river swallow prayer Now every wound becomes a gate And every drop declares: despair [Pre-Chorus] Raijin, split the hollow sky Make this trembling body die No shelter left, no face remains Only teeth against the rain [Chorus] KURO AME! Wash me to bone KURO AME! Leave nothing known Lightning carves through blood and brain I am reborn in black rain [Breakdown — slow, crushing] Strike. Split the horizon. Strike. Break the shrine within. I kneel— Not for mercy. I kneel— To let the storm begin. [Final Chorus] KURO AME! Drown the former self KURO AME! No heaven left to help Raijin’s drums beneath my veins I rise— I rise in black rain [Outro — whispered] The torii stands. The name is gone. Yami closes. The storm moves on.