BLACK DELTA NEXUS [INTRO — emergency transmission, funeral bell offshore] [STATION MASTER — URGENT] “All harbors—extinguish your lights. Cannon fire offshore is no distress call. Keep every cell sealed. Refuse any coffin delivered by sea.” [Three bells answer from separate coastlines] [STATION MASTER — LOW] “Black Delta Nexus has opened.” [MASSIVE BASS DROP] [VERSE 1 — WARSHIPS] War drums roll through the mangrove rain Powder stays dry by the cannon chain Targets burn on the horizon line Full canvas strains but they gain no time Centuries rot through splintered oak Black guns wait underneath dead smoke Range stays wide while the tide runs fast Enemy colors stay nailed to the past [PRE-CHORUS] Channels curve through the cypress roots Compass needles dispute their routes Blackwater circles the orders crossed Fog keeps count of the vessels lost [CHORUS — DEEP CREW CHANT] Black Delta Nexus—currents cross Unfinished voyages pay the cost Gun crews hunt what the skyline shields Day Zero rules where the black tide yields Coffins ride while the church bells bend No course closes, no orders end Dark rivers turn where the lost fleets spin Nothing comes out once the Nexus pulls in [VERSE 2 — PRISON SHIPS] Seven years penned by a long-dead hand Three hundred served without touching land Rust takes the lock, then the lock returns Day Zero stamps while the old page burns Pardon slips drift at the edge of the rail Fresh ink holds while the faces pale Prison shores gleam in the water below Sunrise strikes and the clock reads zero [PRE-CHORUS] Keys cross decks with no keeper near Numbered names mark another year Court seals fade, but the chains stay strong Time cannot count where the tide runs wrong [CHORUS — DEEP CREW CHANT] Black Delta Nexus—currents cross Unfinished voyages pay the cost Gun crews hunt what the skyline shields Day Zero rules where the black tide yields Coffins ride while the church bells bend No course closes, no orders end Dark rivers turn where the lost fleets spin Nothing comes out once the Nexus pulls in [VERSE 3 — FUNERAL SHIPS] Black-veiled mourners keep watch by the mast Names of the dead haunt a homeland past Backward bells bleed through the night Coffin nails strain at the shoreline light Shovels bite earth, but the earth turns foam Tides bear the coffins away from home Land denies what the sea will not save Dawn finds each body without a grave [BRIDGE — BLACK CONVERGENCE] One black moon drags the channels straight Cypress roots split beneath their weight War drums climb as the cell doors shake Funeral bells set the reeds awake Sea-light cuts through the mangrove wall Three lost fleets hear the outward call The Nexus opens from bank to foam Unfinished orders go hunting home [FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE] Black Delta Nexus has breached its bounds Ancient gunfire stalks coastal towns Day Zero vessels approach the land Rust-bitten chains wait close at hand Funeral bells shake the burial stones Salt-soaked caskets demand new homes Dark water spreads where the fleet comes in Shorelines now mark where the Nexus begins [OUTRO — instruments fall silent] [STATION MASTER — CONTROLLED] “Harbor lights extinguished. Cell doors secured. Burial grounds sealed.” [A funeral bell rings inland] [STATION MASTER — WHISPERED] “That bell came from shore.” [BLACKWATER STATIC]
