[Intro - Distant thunder, gentle rainfall, soft wind chimes]
[Ethereal whisper, carried on the wind]
Before the storm... there was the calm...
Before the flood... there was the song...
Listen to the wind...
[Verse 1 - Gentle guitars, atmospheric swells, building slowly]
I drift above the Yukumo hills where cherry blossoms fall
The villagers below me hang their charms upon the wall
They pray to stop the tempest, they pray to halt the rain
But I am not a monster—I am the hurricane
My fins are made of mist and cloud, my body formed from sky
When I descend upon the land, the only choice is fly
Or drown beneath the torrent, or choke upon the gale
I am the storm's heart beating—I am the endless wail
[Pre-Chorus - Building, drums enter softly]
Winds... rising...
Clouds... surprising...
Skies... crystallizing...
Amatsu... materializing...
[Chorus - Soaring, beautiful, powerful]
AMATSU! STORM SERPENT OF THE SKY!
AMATSU! WATCH THE HUNTERS CRY!
AMATSU! WATERSPOUTS REACH THE CLOUDS!
AMATSU! I AM THE STORM—BE PROUD!
[Verse 2 - More intense, but still atmospheric]
They ride the whirlwinds up to me on currents I create
They think they're being clever, think they're challenging their fate
I let them climb, I let them soar, I let them think they've won
Then I summon Heaven's Drive—the battle's just begun
My water slicks the battlefield, my lightning splits the stone
A thousand hunters come for me, a thousand hunters groan
I am not cruel, I am not kind, I simply am the weather
You cannot kill a hurricane—we dance until forever
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Winds... howling...
Clouds... prowling...
Skies... growling...
Amatsu... now avowing...
[Chorus]
AMATSU! STORM SERPENT OF THE SKY!
AMATSU! WATCH THE HUNTERS CRY!
AMATSU! WATERSPOUTS REACH THE CLOUDS!
AMATSU! I AM THE STORM—BE PROUD!
[Bridge - Beautiful, clean, almost sacred]
[Spoken over gentle piano and rainfall]
They call me a disaster...
An elder dragon of the tempest...
But when the rains finally come to the parched earth...
[Soft smile in the voice]
...they thank me.
[Band swells]
THEY JUST DON'T REMEMBER
THAT GRATITUDE
WHEN THEY'RE DROWNING.
[Guitar Solo - Atmospheric, echoing, like wind through canyons]
[Breakdown - Powerful, uplifting, post-rock crescendo]
THE WIND! (CARRIES!)
THE RAIN! (BURIES!)
THE LIGHTNING! (SCARIES!)
AMATSU NEVER TARRIES!
THE CLOUDS! (PART!)
THE SKY! (ARTS!)
THE HUNTERS! (CARTS!)
AMATSU HOLDS THEIR HEARTS!
[Final Chorus - Max atmosphere, key change, choir]
AMATSU! (AMATSU!)
STORM SERPENT OF THE SKY! (OF THE SKY!)
AMATSU! (AMATSU!)
WATCH THE HUNTERS CRY! (WATCH THEM CRY!)
AMATSU! (AMATSU!)
WATERSPOUTS REACH THE CLOUDS! (REACH THE CLOUDS!)
AMATSU! (AMATSU!)
I AM THE STORM—
[Outro - Fading gradually back to gentle rain]
[Whispered, carried away by wind]
...I am the calm...
...I am the rain...
...I am the reason...
...you feel pain...
[Rain softens to drizzle]
...but also...
[Drizzle fades]
...the reason...
[Silence]
...flowers grow.
[Final sound - Single raindrop.]
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