[Intro - Waves crashing, seagulls, a single accordion note. Then DRUMS AND VOICES JOIN.]
[Group voices]
HEAVE! HO! THE TIDE IS RISING!
HEAVE! HO! THE MOON IS GUIDING!
MOGGA WYVERIANS—HEAR THE CALL!
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[Verse 1 - Solo, shanty style]
The Lagiacrus hunts beneath the foam, we watch it from the shore
We leave our offerings to the sea and hope it asks no more
The ships go out, the ships come back—some never see the dawn
Mogga Wyverians—we sing the ocean's song
My father taught me how to read the currents and the waves
He said "The sea gives everything, but everything it takes"
He sailed out on a springtime morn when skies were clear and blue
His ship never returned—but his song carries through
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[Pre-Chorus - Group joins]
Tide pulls! Wind blows!
Where they go? No one knows!
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[Chorus - Full group, shanty energy]
TIDAL CALL! THE OCEAN BECKONS US AWAY!
TIDAL CALL! WE SAIL AT BREAK OF DAY!
TIDAL CALL! TO HUNT THE DEPTHS BELOW!
MOGGA WYVERIANS—WITH THE TIDE WE GO!
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[Verse 2 - Another solo]
The Royal Ludroth sun themselves upon the coastal rocks
We leave them be, they leave us be—it's nature's paradox
The Ceadeus swims beneath the deep, we feel it in our bones
A leviathan of ancient weight, a god of seas and stones
We harvest kelp and coral from the reefs we know so well
We sing to calm the waters when the storms begin to swell
My mother told me that the ocean has a voice
If you listen close, it tells you when to go and when to stay
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
Storms rise! Waves crash!
Sailors' lives! Turn to ash!
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[Chorus]
TIDAL CALL! THE OCEAN BECKONS US AWAY!
TIDAL CALL! WE SAIL AT BREAK OF DAY!
TIDAL CALL! TO HUNT THE DEPTHS BELOW!
MOGGA WYVERIANS—WITH THE TIDE WE GO!
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[Bridge - Spoken over waves]
[Elderly voice]
They ask why we sing to the sea.
Because the sea remembers. And if we're kind... maybe they'll be kind too.
...maybe.
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[Verse 3 - Emotional, powerful]
I've sailed through storms that swallowed ships and men far stronger than me
I've faced the Lagiacrus's wrath beneath the angry sea
I've lost more friends than I can count to tides that turned to graves
But still I sail, and still I sing, and still I brave the waves
My father's voice is in the wind, my mother in the spray
And every time I answer, the tidal call—I hear them say
"Sail on, child—the ocean is your home"
Mogga Wyverians—we never sail alone!
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[Accordion Solo - Sea shanty style]
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[Final Chorus - Massive, voices layering]
TIDAL CALL! THE OCEAN BECKONS US AWAY!
TIDAL CALL! WE SAIL AT BREAK OF DAY!
TIDAL CALL! TO HUNT THE DEPTHS BELOW!
MOGGA WYVERIANS—WITH THE TIDE WE—
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[Outro - Waves fading, single voice]
[Solo, distant]
...go.
The tide calls again...
...I must answer.
AsheTheHyena
