Port of shadows (Remastered)

[ Very slow tempo (≈ 60–70 bpm)] [ Minor key (Em or Am)] [Dark, funereal, maritime] Instruments Suggested[ Verse 1] We built these solemn, wind-beaten piers, By the Crown’s command and trembling prayers. But the sea stares with cruel eyes, And night chants long-forgotten lies. [ Refrain] Oh Port of Shadows, refuge of souls, Our prayers burn down to dying coals. Keep us, Lord, from this black tomb, Where salt and blood in the water loom. [ Verse 2] Bells toll for lost and vanished men, Their shades slip through our grasp again. Holy water turns to brine, Our hearts grow cold with whispered crime. [Refrain (variant)] Oh Port of Shadows, cradle of fears, The sea devours our cries and tears. Keep us, Lord, from this black tomb, Where salt and blood in the water loom. [ Bridge (spoken / whispered)] “The sea takes, the sea lies, The sea hides all. We pray, but our words Sink into the mire.” [Final Refrain (slow and dark)] Oh Port of Shadows, grave of men, None returns once the sea calls them. Keep our souls far from those deeps, Where salt and blood our promise keeps. [ Abyssal anthem] [(chanted slowly, guttural and unearthly, as the corruption reveals itself)] [Treated with reverb or echo to evoke a cavernous, subaquatic temple] Nyss’K azhural ka’thuun, Ithil-maar ghol druun. Ssa’kel varunath Nyss’K, Zhaal-thoruun ik’thresh.