Descensionism by Atlantica - Zona

Descensionism by Atlantica - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro – distant metallic drones, low-tuned rumble, whispered chant]

The air grows thin…

Like a throat about to scream again.

I was a flame carved into bone—

Now I’m a shadow of my own throne.

[Verse I – heavy, whispered, stuttering percussion] [Pre-Chorus – grit rising, distorted synths pulsing]

They crowned me once in borrowed light,

Said I was carved for higher sight.

But everything I hoped to be

Is dragging chains across my knees.

A fractured ghost of what I knew—

I watch the past consume me through.

Every promise breaks in time,

And every broken piece is mine.

[Pre-Chorus – grit rising, distorted synths pulsing]

If I was holy once before,

Why can’t I find that flame anymore?

If I was built for something great,

Why does it all deteriorate?

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[Chorus – heavier, massive, screaming undertones]

I’m descending—

And the sky turns violent every time I soar.

I’m pretending—

That the ground won’t kill me when I hit once more.

I’m remembering—

All the vows I made before the rot took aim.

But I’m ending—

In the ruins of a crown I can’t reclaim.

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[Verse II – guitars snarling, drums tribal and crushing]

I used to speak like I was fire,

Now every word is barbed with wire.

I scrape my name across the dirt—

A testament to how I hurt.

My throne decays beneath my feet,

A kingdom built on pure defeat.

No halo’s left to guard my fall,

No light to catch me—none at all.

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[Pre-Chorus – harsher delivery, resolve cracking]

If I’m not more than where I’ve bled,

Then let me fall where angels fled.

An empty crown, a bloodstained hymn—

A monarch buckling limb by limb.

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[Chorus – even heavier, screams dominating]

I’m descending—

AND THE SKY WON’T SAVE ME LIKE IT DID BEFORE!

I’m pretending—

BUT THIS FALL IS HUNGRY AND IT WANTS ME MORE!

I’m remembering—

EVERY BROKEN TRUTH I LET INSIDE MY VEINS!

I’m ending—

IN A GRAVE OF ALL I USED TO CLAIM.

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[Bridge – ritual chant turning into guttural screams]

[Whispered]

Let the weight…

Take its shape…

Let the dark…

Seal my fate…

[Screamed]

I SEE THE GHOST—

THE ONE I USED TO BE!

I FEEL THE LOSS—

IT’S TEARING INTO ME!

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[HEAVY OUTRO – catastrophic drop, blast-beat bursts, layered screams]

[Screamed]

Drag me down—

LET THE HEAVENS WATCH ME BREAK!

Tear the wings—

THEY WERE NEVER MINE TO TAKE!

[Demonic layered screams]

If grace is gone—

THEN LET IT DROWN IN FIRE!

If truth is pain—

THEN FEED IT TO THE LIAR!

[Clean + feral roar]

I fall again…

But I won’t die the same—

FROM WHAT I WAS…

I SEVER MY NAME.

[Final inhuman scream]

LET.

ME.

BREAK.

[drop-bass solo]

[interlude closes]