World Divided By Powers Unknown

Lyrics

[Intro - distant thunder, low ritual drums, reversed dark synths, whispered choir in the void]
Beneath the moon, the old bones wake
Ash on the tongue, the earth will shake
Names carved deep in the stone of night
We hear the pulse of a broken rite

[Verse 1 - sinister low chant, tribal toms, shadowy strings, half-spoken male vocal]
The world was split by powers unknown
Through iron skies and a cracked black throne
Rivers of fear in the dust they drew
And every heart was torn in two

Wolves in the towers, saints in the flame
No one remembers the sacred name
We walk through ruins where shadows breed
With hungry hands and a buried need

[Pre-Chorus - rising cinematic strings, layered shamanic chants, tension building]
Hear the drum, hear the cry
The veil is thinning, the dead are nigh
Hear the hum under skin and bone
The world divided, the curse made known

[Chorus - explosive nu metal chorus, massive drums, distorted guitars, full dark choir]
We are the children of the fracture
Born in the wake of the shattered after
Oh, the night has split the sky
And the gods we knew have left us blind
We scream to the dark, we call the fire
Through the ash, through the wire
The world divided by powers unknown
And we are left to wander home

[Verse 2 - heavier guitars, sinister synth pulse, aggressive chants, cinematic strings swell]
Blackened crowns on a bloodless field
Every vow that was made was sealed
With a blade of frost and a mouth of smoke
With a final breath, the weak ones broke

The choir of crows in the hollow east
Sings of the feast, sings of the beast
And in the static, a voice returns
A warning wrapped in ember burns

[Pre-Chorus - chanting builds, toms intensify, strings climbing higher]
Hear the drum, hear the cry
The veil is thinning, the dead are nigh
Hear the hum under skin and bone
The world divided, the curse made known

[Chorus - even larger, gang vocals, orchestra hits, crushing riffs]
We are the children of the fracture
Born in the wake of the shattered after
Oh, the night has split the sky
And the gods we knew have left us blind
We scream to the dark, we call the fire
Through the ash, through the wire
The world divided by powers unknown
And we are left to wander home

[Bridge - stripped to eerie choir, ritual hand drums, ominous strings, distant clean vocal]
If there is a door behind the pain
If there is light inside the rain
We will crawl through blood and stone
To find the world before it was torn

[Breakdown - crushing low-end, syncopated guitars, shouted chants, savage choir accents]
Break!
The seal!
The veil!
The wheel!
No crown!
No throne!
No gods!
No home!

[Final Chorus - fullest arrangement, soaring choir, distorted guitars, towering strings, cathartic scream]
We are the children of the fracture
Born in the wake of the shattered after
Oh, the night has split the sky
And the gods we knew have left us blind
We scream to the dark, we call the fire
Through the ash, through the wire
The world divided by powers unknown
Still we rise from the broken stone

[Outro - fading chants, echoing strings, wind, distant ritual drums]
Unknown… unknown…
The world divided…
Unknown… unknown…
And we remain…