Vow of Shadows
Compose a 6-minute rock opera featuring electric guitar, drums, bass guitar, orchestra strings, and solo boy vocalist that captures the transformation of a boy who witnesses his father's execution, vows revenge, and begins training to fight. The music should start somber, transition to energetic with the introduction of rock elements as he learns to fight and his voice matures, and build toward a quest for revenge.
Lyrics
[Verse]
Cold steel whispers in the dead of night,
A boy kneels trembling in the pale moonlight.
The echo of a shot still rings so clear,
His childhood dies with every fallen tear.
[Verse]
Blade in hand he carves his silent vow,
Blood and sweat now crown his burning brow.
The ghosts of yesterday still call his name,
Through fire and frost he'll rise from shame.
[Chorus]
Oh, hear the drums of vengeance start to pound,
Through shattered dreams where he was bound.
The strings weep loud, the guitars scream,
A symphony of rage in this shattered dream.
[Chorus]
Oh, see the storm inside his eyes ignite,
No turning back from this endless fight.
The bass line hums like thunder deep,
A lullaby to make the demons weep.
[Bridge]
Sand and time slip through his bleeding hands,
But the shadow walks where his father stands.
Every chord strikes like a hammer's fall,
Building armor from his shattered soul.
[Verse]
Moonlight paints the scars upon his chest,
Each one a lesson, each one a test.
The orchestra swells with every stride,
No more running, no place to hide.
[Verse]
Steel meets steel in the breaking dawn,
The boy is gone, the man is born.
The riff howls wild through the hollow air,
A war cry woven from despair.
[Chorus]
Oh, hear the drums of vengeance start to pound,
Through shattered dreams where he was bound.
The strings weep loud, the guitars scream,
A symphony of rage in this shattered dream.
[Chorus]
Oh, see the storm inside his eyes ignite,
No turning back from this endless fight.
The bass line hums like thunder deep,
A lullaby to make the demons weep.