[Intro] (howling wind, distant ice creak) Southward… farther than fear. [Verse 1] (slow, heavy) White horizon, no mercy, no prayer, The world turns silent when you stare. I walked where maps become a lie, Where even brave men learn to die. And the ice— It listened close… It learned my name in broken prose. [Pre-Chorus] One step more, the cold gets wise, It writes new teeth behind my eyes. If I bleed, the night will see— A living thing inside of me. [Chorus] (bigger, crushing) I am Nautika—Mother of the Beyond, I pay in blood to carry on. In the aurora’s vicious light, I carve my will into the night. Take my warmth, take my skin, Just don’t you take the ones within. If you want my heart, you’ll have to fight— I was remade in endless white. [Verse 2] (low, mournful) I remember hands, I remember home, Now every breath tastes like bone. They look at me like I’m a myth, A caution tale with frozen lips. But I still hear the crew’s last song, I still feel duty pulling strong. [Pre-Chorus 2] (wind rises) So I hold the line where the blizzards scream, Half woman, half a polar dream. And when the hunger starts to speak, I answer back through sharpened teeth. [Chorus] I am Nautika—Mother of the Beyond, I pay in blood to carry on. In the aurora’s vicious light, I carve my will into the night. Take my warmth, take my skin, Just don’t you take the ones within. If you want my heart, you’ll have to fight— I was remade in endless white. [Bridge] (drop to drone + whispered/chant) Hear it… the ice beneath the ice. A mother voice, a hollow choir— “Give. Give. Give.” So I give my pulse, I give my pain, I give the animal a chain. And when it snaps— (brief feral scream) —I still remain. [Final Chorus] (massive crescendo, choir + screams layered) I am Nautika—Mother of the Beyond, A crowned disaster, a sacred wrong. In the aurora’s brutal blaze, I turn my curse into a shield of rage. Take my blood, take my years, I’ll drown the dark in all my tears. If the world wants monsters in the night— Then let it learn… I choose what I become… I choose what I protect… I choose to fight. [Outro] (guitars ring, wind fades) Southward… farther than fear… and still… I stand.
