[Intro] [Rain ambience] [Low cello drone] [Soft acoustic guitar picking] [Distant animal growl] [Violet shimmer synth] [Verse 1 - Male Vocal, low and watchful] My hand was resting on the blade But the blade was waking too Warm as ember under steel Like it knew what we rode into No birds above the blackthorn road No wind among the leaves Just a hush too deep to trust And a forest holding breath [Verse 2 - Female Vocal, tense and quiet] My marked hand burned beneath the glove Violet through the seam The wild things stirred in root and thorn Like sleepers in a dream Then came the rustle, low and near Heavy through the rain Something moved where shadows fed On silence and on pain [Pre-Chorus - Duet, whispered build] Too large for wolf Too low for bear Violet eyes In the dead gray air It circled slow It tasted fear The quiet watched And drew us near [Chorus - Full Duet, cinematic swell] The touched beast runs Where the blackthorn grows With a stolen mark And a heart gone cold It did not choose It was made to bleed By the silence loose In the northern trees Oh, mercy burns Where the shadows feast Truth in the blade For the touched beast [Instrumental Break] [Low drums enter] [Cello pulse] [Rain grows heavier] [Short bow-string snap sound] [Verse 3 - Male Vocal, urgent] I drew the bow but held the shot Till the creature made its choice It lunged for her black mare’s flank And the forest found its voice The arrow struck, the wound burned bright Violet smoke ran free It fled through ink and rain-soaked leaves Bleeding dark between the trees [Verse 4 - Female Vocal, sorrowful] We followed where the black blood shone Through thorn and root and rain No insects sang, no branch replied Only breath and quiet pain It waited in a clearing there A lion, proud and torn Beautiful beneath the curse Made weapon, made forlorn [Pre-Chorus - Male Vocal, restrained] Easy now We mean no spite But shadow bites Where it meets the light For half a breath Its rage grew thin Then pain came back And dragged it in [Chorus - Full Duet, stronger] The touched beast runs Where the blackthorn grows With a stolen mark And a heart gone cold It did not choose It was made to bleed By the silence loose In the northern trees Oh, mercy burns Where the shadows feast Truth in the blade For the touched beast [Bridge - Spoken/Sung, Male Lead, sparse drums] It took my arm It poured in cold Winter ink Through blood and bone [Female Harmony, rising] But the sword burned warm And held the line Fire in steel Against the quiet [Build - Duet, urgent, drums intensify] The dagger flashed The lion cried Violet fire Split its side A jagged mark Forced into skin Not chosen, not gifted But driven in [Breakdown - Female Vocal, angry and grief-struck] The silence didn’t ask It took It broke the wild It bent the good No crown of thorn No sacred vow Just pain beneath A stolen glow [Final Chorus - Full Band, emotional and epic] The touched beast falls Where the blackthorn grows With a fading mark And a heart let go It did not choose It was made to bleed By the silence loose In the northern trees Oh, mercy burns Where the shadows feast Truth in the blade For the touched beast The touched beast sleeps And the rain comes down On the wild king’s fur And the blood-soaked ground We ride, we grieve But we do not cease Truth in the blade For the touched beast [Outro - Female Vocal, soft echo] It was magnificent Before the silence came [Outro - Male Vocal, low and broken] Poor creature You had no choice [Outro Instrumental] [Rain softens] [Cello fades] [Distant blackthorn rustle] [Violet shimmer disappears] [End]
0/500