Solar Eclipse Ritual

[Verse 1]
Earth in my lungs
Dust under nails
Still turning
Wind in my teeth
Howling your secret warning
Fire in my chest
Licking the rust from armor
Air cuts my throat
Every breath
A little sharper
[Chorus]
Sun
Moon
Star in a crooked line
Solar eclipse in a blackened sky
Metal in my blood
I was forged to fight
Burn me
Break me
I still glow in the bite of night
(I still glow in the bite of night)
[Verse 2]
Hands made of stone
Knuckles of steel
Still shaking
Shadows that crawl
Over the ground we’re breaking
Sky splits in half
Day turns to cracked obsidian
Crowds hold their breath
While I walk straight into it
[Chorus]
Sun
Moon
Star in a crooked line
Solar eclipse in a blackened sky
Metal in my blood
I was forged to fight
Burn me
Break me
I still glow in the bite of night
(I still glow in the bite of night)
[Bridge]
Circle of ash
Circle of bone
Light disappears
I stand alone
Name every fear
Out loud
On fire
Darkness descends
I climb higher
Higher (hey!)
[Chorus]
Sun
Moon
Star in a crooked line
Solar eclipse in a blackened sky
Metal in my blood
I was forged to fight
Burn me
Break me
I still glow in the bite of night
(I still glow, I still glow)
In the bite of night

metal, Menacing alternative metal with male vocals; downtuned guitars in tight, chugging riffs, tom-heavy drums that swell into half-time slams on the chorus. Verses stay tense and syncopated; chorus opens with wide, dissonant chords and gang shouts. Bridge drops to a droning, feedback-soaked pulse before a final explosive hook.