Enmity

[INTRO — sparse and heavy, low whispered/spoken with building tension, almost suffocating atmosphere] Dust given form… Breath in the green… The tree stood waiting… The garden was clean. [VERSE 1 — mid-tempo groove, low throaty growls, dense and direct] Walked while the light still held Tree in the center, fruit that was held Serpent in the branches, voice in the leaves “Take what was hidden, open and see” Bite through the skin, the taste turned to dust Eyes opened wide to the weight of the curse Shame in the branches, hiding in fear The garden already knew we were no longer here [PRE-CHORUS — rising tension, cleaner but strained vocals] The lie took root… The fruit turned to stone… We opened the door… And the fracture came home… [CHORUS — big, heavy chant hook with gang vocals, crushing groove] Enmity! Born in the bite! Enmity! Now in the bloodline! Enmity! Brother kills brother! Enmity! The ground is the witness! [VERSE 2 — heavier, more aggressive, LoG-style short stabbing lines] One brought offering, the other brought none Jealousy blooming where the first lie was sung Blood in the field, the soil drank it down The first murder rising from the seed that was sown “Where is your brother?” the question was thrown The ground cried out with a voice of its own The mark on the skin, the curse in the name You wear what was planted the day that we came [BREAKDOWN — slow, massive, screamed vocals, full indictment feel] The ground knows! The ground knows your name! The blood will not sleep! It screams from the clay! What started in silence Now howls from the dirt! The wound that was opened Will never be cured! [OUTRO — atmospheric, fading, almost spoken or half-clean over sparse riff, faint buried hint of the long promise] Enmity… Planted in the root… Enmity… Now in the fruit… Enmity… But the promise was spoken… Before the first token… Enmity…