Art of War: Chapter 3 - Attack by Stratagem

[INTRO — WHISPERS IN THE DARK] (reversed textures) (low pulse) (distant metallic echoes) (female whisper) If they see your strength... Show weakness... If they trust the silence... Hide the knife there... [VERSE 1 — BARITONE WHISPER VOCALS] I entered through the open gate They swore was heavily guarded A kingdom falls more easily When certainty has started The loudest threat attracts the eye While shadows shift position The mind defeated from within Requires no ammunition [PRE-CHORUS — BUILDING HYPNOSIS] Disturb the water Cloud the mirror Let suspicion grow For frightened men create disasters Without the enemy showing [CHORUS — HYPNOTIC EXPANSION] Break them without battle Move unseen through thought Turn their strength against themselves Until the war is fought Whisper into fear Let doubt become the flame For kingdoms collapse quietly Long before destruction gains a name [POST-CHORUS — FEMALE ETHEREAL LAYERS] (haunting layered vocals) Invisible... Untouchable... Untraceable... [VERSE 2 — DEEPENING PARANOIA] Reward one hand Ignore another Watch division start to breathe A fractured court will burn itself While spies move through the heat Offer peace while shifting ground Smile while changing fate The clever blade is never seen Until the kingdom breaks [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] (glitch percussion) (reversed choir swells) (sub bass pulses) (low throat chanting hidden in mix) [BRIDGE — SPOKEN PROPHECY] (spoken slowly) To fight... Is expensive To conquer... Without resistance... Is mastery The supreme victory Leaves no battlefield behind (silence) Only new rulers [FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC EXPANSION] Break them without battle Rule without the scar Control the map inside their minds And you control the war Move through human weakness Like poison through the vein For those who master perception Never need to reign through pain [OUTRO — DISAPPEARING INTO SHADOW] (reversed whispers) (distorted breathing) (heartbeat fades slowly) (female whisper) The unseen hand... Moves kingdoms... (total silence)