Nocticadia

Lyrics

[Intro - haunting whispers over trap 808s and distant piano echoes, low reverb-drenched female ad-libs chanting "Mortui vivos docent"]

(Whispered)
Mortui vivos docent...
The dead teach the living...
Bones in the sand, ghosts in the tide...

[Verse 1 - brooding trap hi-hats ticking slow, deep 808 bass rumble, sensual half-rapped male vocals with soulful R&B inflections]
Mama faded slow, poison in her veins, mystery unsolved,
Left me in that hellhole city, cold rain, promises carved.
Four years grindin', acceptance hits like a curse from the deep,
Dracadia's island, haunted shores where the mad ones sleep.
White sand bleached by skeletons, whispers in the fog,
First night on campus, eyes lock—Doctor Death, my dark god.

[Pre-Chorus - building tension with layered soul harmonies, aggressive snare rolls, rising synth pads]
His gaze devours, loathes my fire but craves the flame,
Stolen kisses burn like venom, forbidden game.
I need his chains, he begs for absolution's knife,
Toxic elixir, we're dancin' on the edge of life.

[Chorus - explosive emo rap delivery, passionate aggressive flows over massive sidechained 808s, distorted R&B hooks with male/female harmonies]
Doctor Death, devour me whole in the midnight lab,
Secrets risin' from the graves, no turnin' back!
Crave your authority, taste the sin on my skin,
We're the poison lovers, resurrectin' the dead within!
(Mortui vivos docent!) Ghosts screamin' our names,
Pryin' eyes diggin' skeletons, fuelin' the flames!

[Verse 2 - darker glitchy trap beats, pitched-down aggressive rap verses, sensual soulful bridges with breathy moans]
He hates the tenacious fire in my first-year eyes,
But midnight lessons twist to touches, alibis.
Pathologist hands on my throat, dissectin' my soul,
Redemption's ghost haunts him, I'm the drug he can't control.
Island's depraved heart beatin' under moonlit waves,
Our love's the blade that cuts the past from its graves.

[Pre-Chorus - intensified aggression, rapid hi-hat triplets, swelling orchestral strings under R&B croons]
Jealousy's fire, lips scorched by his claim,
Pasts rottin' like bones, but we ignite the blame.
He aches for the cure, I hunt what stole her breath,
Together we're damned, dancin' with death.

[Chorus - even bigger drop, furious emo rap punches, deep sensual R&B ad-libs, full trap orchestration exploding]
Doctor Death, devour me whole in the midnight lab,
Secrets risin' from the graves, no turnin' back!
Crave your authority, taste the sin on my skin,
We're the poison lovers, resurrectin' the dead within!
(Mortui vivos docent!) Ghosts screamin' our names,
Pryin' eyes diggin' skeletons, fuelin' the flames!

[Bridge - stripped-back vulnerable piano and subtle 808s, raw emo spoken-word rap fading into passionate soul falsetto]
What ravaged her veins? Your lab holds the key...
Redemption or ruin? Teach me what the dead see.
We're fodder for the fall, but I'd burn in your hell,
Forbidden, delicious, ringin' the final bell...

[Outro - fading ethereal reverb, ghostly whispers and slowing trap echoes, final aggressive rap tag with haunting R&B hums]
Mortui vivos docent... (echoes)
The dead teach the living... we're next...
(Ad-libs: Devour me... resurrect us...)
Fade to black sands...