This song is inspired by Brandon Sanderson's "Stormlight Archive". I wanted something with a mix of influences. This is easily the most intense drum part I've programmed to date.
lyrics
Something in the darkness lurks
As Sadeas bleeds out on the floor
A killer in Urithiru's halls
Murder once and then once more
Shallan can't find a point of view
Stormblessed tries returning home
The Blackthorn weds the one he loves
As Bridge 4 breathes light from a broam
Moash kills an ancient soul
To Kohlinar he pulls a sled
His life is spared but not returned
Useless now without a friend
A tool to be worked by the Fused
A guilty mind that can be changed
A life to give up, hope to lose
A knife in hand for a man deranged
The Blackthorn sees his past again
The visions now his to control
The Father of Storms accepts the Words
But his memories are left unwhole
A girl looked up and a killer ran
Pattern chasing through the halls
Darkness banished by the Light
The Midnight Mother revealed to all
We've been here for so long
Unmade by the Golden Shard
The warnings hidden in a Song
Unknown to the ones we scarred
We spark the Thrill and Revel on
The future seen by dying men
We mimic pain and copy death
Telling lies and corrupting spren
Parshmen freed across the land
Stormblessed plays the slave once more
The heretic back from the dead
And Brightness Radiant is born
Lumanor gets back his Song
And Bridgemen fly across the Plains
A man of honor stained with blood
Ialai conceals her pain
Moash seeks to shed his guilt
He knows the siege is coming soon
Parshmen not prepared to die
While gluttons feast beneath the moon
In Kohlinar revolution reigns
An Ardent hanged before them all
The Queen consumed by madness now
Watching as her city falls
Storblessed flies before the storm
In the company of knights and kings
Dalinar plays the diplomat
But from his past a problem springs
All in white Veil roams the streets
Bringing food to those in need
Kaladin stands on the wall
Fighting as the city bleeds
With light and sand Wit spins a tale
Among the crowd a Knight he sees
Shallan can't bare to face the truth
A blinding light, a gentle breeze
The king tries to reclaim his home
Azure brings men from the wall
Shallan must try to break the Heart
Kohlinar about to fall
Elhokar must say the words
With son in hand he starts to speak
Soldiers fighting for their lives
From a sphere light starts to leak
Moash sees revenge at hand
Around him men and parshmen fight
Stormblessed watches through his tears
As Moash quickly kills the light
In Urithiru leaders meet
Dalinar tries to unite
Deception plays a roll once more
Memories still come to light
Warned against the Oathgates use
Shallan and company get lost
A sea of beads, a blackened sun
Into Shadesmar they have crossed
We've been here for so long
Brought to life by the minds of men
a secret hidden in a song
as Words are said we bond again
Splinters of a ruined god
Humans we no longer trust
The Recreance was not forgot
We will still do what we must
The Listeners reduced to one
Venli forced to tell the tale
Once again Szeth rides the winds
Death denied by the hand of Nale
An ancient truth has been revealed
The coalition starts to fall
Broken oaths must be renewed
Faith restored to one and all
Blightwind blowing on the beach
The Thrill returns to Alethi men
A sea of Parshmen on the shore
Odium returns again
Dalinar won't yield his pain
Memories that left a scar
Odium forced to keep an oath
Forever bound upon Roshar
A Bondsmith now tThe Blackthorn stands
The light of Honor shining bright
Shallan gets lost within herself
Along the shore, Stormblessed fights
A drunken Heralds time has come
Too late when he sees the knife
Moash knows just what he's done
Trades his soul for a Heralds life
credits
from Below the Surface,
track released January 23, 2022
Written and recorded by Jim Loughlin. All instruments and programming by Jim Loughlin.
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