
1. ..Soulwell
The Soul Well Prequel to "Altar of False Light" Vocal Performance: Growled/Screamed male vocals dominate; clean/whispered for select lines as noted [Verse I – (growled, steady pacing)] This was no altar—no holy gate It once led to the halls of flame A path to the sun, now drowned in frost Its light devoured, its purpose lost The Soultaker came, not with war But with whispers fed through sacred lore It bled the altar of its grace And carved a tomb into its place [Pre-Chorus – (growled with layered whispers)] Now souls cascade through ritual flame Each cry, each name, a broken claim It drinks their worth, then casts the rest To perish cold, denied their rest [Chorus – (full growl, operatic layers optional)] This is the Soul Well—deep and vile Where frozen angels rot in piles Their light unfit, their strength unproved Flushed down the void, their essence moved A curse reborn from stolen breath Where mercy burns and faith finds death [Verse II – (growled, more aggressive phrasing)] I saw the well—it stares back wide A pit of mirrors cracked with lies The screams repeat like falling rain But none return, and none remain The Soultaker stands on stolen stone A throne built not, but overthrown Each soul it sows, it reaps in kind Then cleaves the weak and keeps the blind [Pre-Chorus II – (growled, with choral echoes beneath)] The altar feeds the endless spire Where Shiva’s frost has killed the fire The world is numb, the sky is grey And warmth is something light can't say [Chorus II – (growled, with faint operatic layering)] This is the Soul Well—never full A harvest pit, a blackened pull Where every echo begs to flee But none escape what they can't see A spiral void that sings of sin It judges flesh and burns within [Bridge – (growled narration, operatic female layering)] [Growled/spoken] The altar was meant to rise— To call the sun, to split the skies But the cord was severed, turned to frost Now all who pray are fed to loss [Whispered layering underneath] Not all are chosen, not all are fed Most are discarded—most are dead The well decides who stays, who bleeds The Soultaker culls what no god needs... [Final Chorus – (growled lead, layered with cleans/operatic harmony)] This is the Soul Well—heart of lies Where hope dissolves and heaven dies The altar's light has long been spent Its purpose warped, its mercy rent I kneel once more, my soul to sell And fall again—into the well [Outro – (whispered delivery, faint choral backing)] The altar calls... The false divine... The well below... Will make you mine.

