[Intro - Minutes of low rumble. Earthquake-like bass. Distant fort bells tolling.]
[Ancient, booming whisper]
Before the walls... before the forts... there was the walker...
Ten stories tall... wearing the skull of a fallen elder...
Shen Gaoren... the fortress that moves...
[Verse 1 - Crushingly slow, monolithic riffs]
Three thousand years I've walked these peaks
Each step an earthquake, each breath a leak
Of acid strong enough to melt your stone
Your fortress walls? I'll make them my home
My legs are pillars scraping the sky
My claws can cut volcanic rock and make mountains cry
I wear the skull of Lao-Shan Lung upon my back
You think your Dragonators can stop my attack?
[Pre-Chorus - Building weight]
Step... by... step...
Closer... to... death...
Wall... by... wall...
Hear my call...
[Chorus - Crushing, monolithic]
SHEN GAOREN! FORTRESS THAT WALKS THE LAND!
SHEN GAOREN! TEN STORIES TALL I STAND!
SHEN GAOREN! ACID BURNS THROUGH YOUR DEFENSE!
SHEN GAOREN! YOUR HOPE HAS NO PRETENSE!
[Verse 2 - Still glacial, but with menace]
My claws slam down twice, three times, I pause to crush the flies
That dare to nip at my long legs with their weapons and their lies
My rear is soft, protected by that elder's mighty skull
But climb up high and plant your bombs—I'll shake you off, I'm full
Of rage when hunters dare to scale my back and carve my shell
I'll turn my legs a deep, deep red and send you straight to hell
Eight to twelve of you? It doesn't matter—I've seen more
The Guild sends its best, and I send them to the ocean floor
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Step... by... step...
Closer... to... regret...
Wall... by... wall...
Watch them fall...
[Chorus]
SHEN GAOREN! FORTRESS THAT WALKS THE LAND!
SHEN GAOREN! TEN STORIES TALL I STAND!
SHEN GAOREN! ACID BURNS THROUGH YOUR DEFENSE!
SHEN GAOREN! YOUR HOPE HAS NO PRETENSE!
[Bridge - Slows further, almost stopping]
[Spoken, echoing]
They call me a Carapaceon...
A simple crab... a creature of instinct...
But my name means "Godly Tall Person"...
[Long pause]
...and I have seen empires rise and fall beneath my feet.
[Band returns, HEAVIER]
YOURS IS NEXT.
[Guitar Solo - Doom metal, one note held for eternity, feedback]
[Breakdown - Absolute zero]
LEFT LEG! (CRUSH!)
RIGHT LEG! (SMASH!)
ACID BLAST! (TURN TO ASH!)
FORT WALLS! (BREAK!)
DRAGONATORS! (FAKE!)
HUNTERS! (QUAKE!)
SHEN GAOREN! EARTHQUAKE!
[Final Chorus - The weight of continents]
SHEN GAOREN! (SHEN GAOREN!)
FORTRESS THAT WALKS THE LAND! (WALKS THE LAND!)
SHEN GAOREN! (SHEN GAOREN!)
TEN STORIES TALL I STAND! (TALL I STAND!)
SHEN GAOREN! (SHEN GAOREN!)
ACID BURNS THROUGH YOUR DEFENSE! (YOUR DEFENSE!)
SHEN GAOREN! (SHEN GAOREN!)
YOUR HOPE HAS—
[Outro - Fading footsteps, distant fort bells tolling]
[Whispered, fading]
Step... step... step...
The fortress walks...
Step... step... step...
[Long pause]
...away from your rubble.
[Final sound - A single crab leg stepping. Earthquake rumble. Silence.]
AsheTheHyena
