[Intro — 0:00–0:25]
[Piano arpeggios center warm, cello left sustained, soft ocean wind right, vinyl crackle subtle]
[Baritone whispers slowly, breath audible, center] Storm… storm…
[Distant raven cry left, barely audible]

[Verse 1 — 0:25–1:00]
[Brushed snare soft, strings swell gradually right & left]
We sailed through death… we feared no wave
No gods above… no souls to save
Fire in blood… steel in our hands
Tonight we claim… what gods have damned
[2s silence, piano decay, wind soft fade]

[Verse 2 — 1:00–1:35]
[Music drops to piano center + cello left only, slight tension rise]
[The Ash — male spoken trembling voice, breathy, center]
Please don’t burn… please don’t take
This is all we have… all we could pray
Gold means nothing… only grace
Hear our voices… hear our prayers
[Fade breath, 1s pause, strings swell slightly]

[Pre-Chorus — 1:35–1:55]
[Brushed snare returns, piano arpeggio climbs slowly, strings faint swell]
I heard your fear…
Fear ends here…
[Pause 1s, subtle echo on baritone, strings swell faintly]

[Hook — 1:55–2:25]
[Strings full, cello expressive, drums light — gradual crescendo]
We are the storm…
We are the fire…
No place to hide… no place to pray
Blood and thunder… break the sky
Live like kings… or quietly die
[3s silence, ocean fade, gentle reverb swell]

[Verse 3 — 2:25–3:00]
[Strings lower → swell mid-verse, cello slow bow, Panning: Raven left, Baritone center]
[The Raven — female whisper, octave doubled, distant memory]
Chains on my hands… ash in my hair
I called to God… he wasn’t there
Shadows closed in… whispers all around
[Fires twisted… the wind held me down — subtle rising breaths/moans: *Ah…* soft center, *Hnn…* left, gradually louder]
Tears on fire… swallowed by the ground
Save what remains… before the dark swallows us whole
[Strings swell toward Bridge, subtle crescendo right+left]

[Bridge — 3:00–3:25]
[Piano single notes center, gradually swell strings left+right, brushes subtle on 2 & 4]
[The Storm — internal confession, slow, broken, center]
We burned what you loved… to feel we were free
But the ashes we made… they stayed inside me
We sailed through your gods… we laughed at your gold
Now I carry your prayers… beneath the cold
[The Raven whispers faintly right, gradually increasing: *Mmm…* faint sob]
[5s silence, absolute stillness before Final Hook]

[Final Hook — 3:25–4:00]
[Strings surge full L+R, cello hard bows left, drums return strong — crescendo max tension]
We are the storm…
We are the fire…
But the ashes we left… became the gods we required
From the sea… into the flame…
We took the world…
Now the world takes us the same
[Pause 2s, full strings decay, vinyl crackle subtle]

[Outro — 4:00–4:20]
[4 slow piano notes center, cello left sustain & fade, wind right fade, vinyl crackle subtle]
[Baritone whispers close, almost broken, center]
We are lost…
We are the storm… that drowned its own
[Breath… longer silence… distant raven cry barely audible, left]