[Intro - Orchestral swell, twin harmonized guitars, thunderclap]
[Echoed, commanding]
When the Sandtide sweeps the plains...
The sky cracks open...
And the lightning king descends.
Rey Dau... apex of the Windward Plains...
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[Verse 1 - Galloping drums, soaring vocals]
Born from the fury where the Sandtide meets the sky
The Apex of the Windward Plains, the one who makes you fly
My wings are lined with fulgurite, my horns conduct the charge
I claim the storms as territory—my kingdom is the large
They call me Rey Dau, lightning wyvern, master of the flash
My railgun blast will pierce your soul and turn your health to ash
I absorb the thunder, store it up, release it at my will
The Sandtide is my orchestra—I am the conductor still
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[Pre-Chorus - Building energy]
STORMS... (GATHER!)
LIGHTNING... (SHATTER!)
HUNTERS... (SCATTER!)
REY DAU! HEAR MY THUNDER'S LATTER!
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[Chorus - Power metal glory]
REY DAU! SANDTIDE APEX OF THE PLAINS!
REY DAU! LIGHTNING COURSES THROUGH MY VEINS!
REY DAU! RAILGUN BLAST FROM CHARGED-UP HORNS!
REY DAU! WEATHER THE STORM—OR YOUR HOPE IS TORN!
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[Verse 2 - Technical, relentless]
In inclemency I thrive, the Sandtide fuels my might
My railgun charges faster, turning day to darkest night
I fire it once, I fire it twice, the thunder echoes far
Each blast creates a crystal where the lightning hit the spar
Duna thinks she rules the flood, Nu Udra claims the flame
But when the storms roll over plains—Rey Dau is the name!
The people of the Windward know my coming by the crack
The sound of lightning splitting skies means you cannot turn back
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
HORNS... (CHARGING!)
LIGHTNING... (BARGING!)
HUNTERS... (LARGING!)
REY DAU! SANDTIDE APEX—NOW YOU'RE TARGETING!
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[Chorus]
REY DAU! SANDTIDE APEX OF THE PLAINS!
REY DAU! LIGHTNING COURSES THROUGH MY VEINS!
REY DAU! RAILGUN BLAST FROM CHARGED-UP HORNS!
REY DAU! WEATHER THE STORM—OR YOUR HOPE IS TORN!
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[Bridge - Slows, atmospheric, spoken]
[Spoken over clean guitars]
The villagers tell tales of me...
They say I control the weather...
[Long pause]
...they're wrong.
[Band explodes]
I AM THE WEATHER.
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[Guitar Solo - Neo-classical, Yngwie-style, lightning fast]
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[Breakdown - Circle pit energy]
HEAD WEAK TO DRAGON! (STRIKE!)
WINGS CAN BE TORN! (HIKE!)
TAIL SEVERABLE! (MIKE!)
REY DAU'S FURY—FORTY HUNTS AND YOU'LL LIKE!
LEFT HORN! RIGHT HORN! BOTH HORNS CHARGED!
LIGHTNING RAILGUN—NOW YOU'RE ENLARGED!
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[Final Chorus - Triumphant, key change]
REY DAU! (REY DAU!)
SANDTIDE APEX OF THE PLAINS! (OF THE PLAINS!)
REY DAU! (REY DAU!)
LIGHTNING COURSES THROUGH MY VEINS! (THROUGH MY VEINS!)
REY DAU! (REY DAU!)
RAILGUN BLAST FROM CHARGED-UP HORNS! (CHARGED-UP HORNS!)
REY DAU! (REY DAU!)
WEATHER THE STORM—
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[Outro - Fading thunder, distant crack]
[Whispered, carried on wind]
...or your hope is torn.
[Long pause]
The Sandtide ends...
[Wind howls]
...but I wait...
[Silence]
...for the next storm.
AsheTheHyena
