Mythic Ritual Prog: Triumph to Collapse
Performance Instructions: Tool-inspired progressive rock track with mythic, ritualistic atmosphere. Structure: starts fast and strong, slows in the middle, finishes fast and strong. Male voice: deep, chant-like, commanding, hypnotic (used in triumphant verses and outro chants). Female voice: ethereal, haunting, layered harmonies, surreal (used in slower middle verses to represent entrapment in the void). Alternating male/female delivery creates a ritualistic call-and-response effect. Instrumentation: polyrhythmic drums, heavy odd-meter guitar riffs, droning bass, layered chants. Mood arc: triumph → trap → collapse.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I drew the circle that breaks the seal
Spoke the cipher, unleashing the flame.
Every shadow bent to my command,
Every flicker whispered power in my hand.
I crowned myself with hidden fire,
Believed the void obeyed desire.
The labyrinth opened at my word,
The unseen sang what I preferred.
[Chorus 1]
Master of the unknown,
I raise my voice, every shadow bow
Dance for me on the edge of the endless night
For I have bent the dark to light
I now rule the endless throne.
Master of the unknown,
The dark is mine, the path my own.
Through chaos and shadow, a new master is born
[Verse 2]
But mirrors cracked, the voices turned,
The crown was ash, the sigils burned.
The labyrinth laughed, the silence lied,
The master’s voice looped in my mind.
[Pre-Chorus]
You thought you mastered silence,
You thought you mastered flame.
But the unknown is endless,
It cannot be tamed.
[Verse 3]
I take back the shadows,
I take back the tone.
You are swallowed in silence,
The master alone. The master alone!
Every echo mocked the vow I keep.
The void unveiled its hidden snare,
I was the offering waiting there.
[Chorus 2]
You thought you mastered silence,
You thought you mastered flame.
But the unknown is endless,
It cannot be tamed.
[Bridge]
Resonance betrayed,
I was the prey.
Suspended in hollow, descent without end,
The void is the trickster, unveiling it's painYou thought you mastered silence,
You thought you mastered flame.
But the unknown is endless,
It cannot be tamed.
Un-known…
Un-known…
Ma-ster…
No more…
Un-known…
Un-known…
Ma-ster…
No more…
Swallow whole…
Swallow whole…
Silence calls…
The master home…