[Intro- Ambient sounds of sonar pings and distant thunder. A clean guitar plucks a dissonant, watery melody. Drums enter with a slow, heartbeat-like kick pattern]
[Verse 1- clean, soulful vocals - crooning style]
The tide is rising past the window pane
The world above is washing down the drain
They’re screaming for the lifeboats, begging for the shore
But I don’t want to be a survivor anymore.
I lock the door and throw away the key
There is no oxygen for them, only you and me.
[Pre-Chorus- Guitars thicken. Vocals get gritty/raspy]
Is it selfish to want you here in the dark?
To drag you down to where the pressure starts?
I am the anchor tied around your feet
The only heavy thing that makes you complete.
[Chorus- explosion of sound. Wall-of-sound distortion. Soaring, desperate clean vocals)
If we go under, we go under as one!
Blocking out the surface, blocking out the sun.
Tell me, would you trade your breath for mine?
Or are you looking for a way to sever the line?
We’re drowning in the silence of the deep
A promise that the ocean intends to keep.
[Verse 2- Bass-driven, minimal guitar. Whispered vocals that switch to screams]
[Whisper]
They call it tragedy... I call it peace.
[Scream]
I WANT TO BE THE LAST THING YOU SEE!
Before the salt water washes us clean!
It’s the ultimate cost, the ritual price
To lay us both down on the altar of ice!
I’d rather suffocate holding your hand
Than breathe for a second on dry land!
[Bridge- Ethereal Shoegaze section. Shimmering tremolo picking. The drums go into a rapid, jazz-influenced pattern]
Love is a violence.
Love is a weight.
I am sealing our lungs.
I am sealing our fate.
[Spoken Word - Deep, distorted voice]
I need to know... when the lights go out... is it me you’re reaching for? Or are you reaching for the surface?
[Breakdown- Tempo drops to a crawl. Extremely heavy, staccato "Djent" riffs. Low, guttural growls]
WHAT WILL YOU SACRIFICE?
TELL ME!
Will you give up the sky?
Will you give up the light?
BURN THE BOATS!
THERE IS NO WAY HOME!
If you love me, let the water in!
LET! IT! IN!
[Chorus- explosion of sound. Wall-of-sound distortion. Soaring, desperate clean vocals]
If we go under, we go under as one!
Blocking out the surface, blocking out the sun.
Tell me, would you trade your breath for mine?
Or are you looking for a way to sever the line?
We’re drowning in the silence of the deep
A promise that the ocean intends to keep.
[Outro- feedback rings out. Slow, clean guitar melody returns]
[Clean Vocals - Fading]
Just let the water in.
Just let the water in.
You’re safe now.
We’re safe now.
[Intrumental breakdown- shoegaze and heavy metal bass]
Atlantica
