[Intro – Spoken lead / whispered backing] It started with a siren… Too far away to hear, Too ready to take part. It continued with a thrum… Too deep for the ear, Too heavy for the heart. [Verse 1 – Clean baritone lead / whispered backing] The floorplates shiver beneath our feet (as steel surrenders) Glass hums low where the currents meet (in blackened splendor) Dust of the deep blooms in slow release (ghosts in the plain) The bones of the earth stir without peace (as they wake again) [Verse 2 – Growl lead / clean backing] Vessels return with fractured sight (shapes in their gaze) Smoke where water swallows light (of old burning days) They speak of towers breaking waves (as the tension grew) But none can see through the black seas haze (if the shadows are true) [Chorus 1 – Growl lead / chant backing] We feel it move beneath our feet Tremors in the black, where the cold hearts beat The weight holds tight, the lines all strain And the deep will end what it cannot contain [Verse 3 – Clean lead / whispered backing] Tunnels collapse in the outer ring (the dark comes in) Currents tear fast where the cables cling (the cold and thin) Many are lost to the undertow (the black runs deep) Their names drift now where the fissures grow (the ones we keep) [Bridge – Alternating growl/clean lines] The hull’s slow song is bending low… The ocean’s voice says more will go… The current pulls from far and near… The tremors speak what we should fear… [Verse 4 – Growl lead / clean backing] This is no fortress — only a breath (held in the tide) Against the weight, against the death (nowhere else to hide) The black is restless, it shifts its crown (it wants the deep) And what we build will all fall down (a cost so steep) [Chorus 2 – Growl lead / clean harmony] We feel it move beneath our feet Tremors in the black, where the cold hearts beat The weight holds tight, the lines all strain And the deep will take what it cannot contain [Outro – Spoken lead / faint backing] It starts with a rumble… That turns into a roar… Our structures may crumble… But we can build more… The burden we face… Has grown while we sleep.. If we cannot keep pace… All will end in the deep… [fade into low sub-bass rumble, slow metallic groan, distant cracking sound] [end]
