Blood in the Water

By The Ronin Project · Metal · From the album Inside the Embers

The current carries whispers

Shadows coil beneath the flow

You feel the pressure rising

Like the tide already knows

There's a murmur in the distance

A secret trembling through the deep

Every breath becomes a warning

Of the things the dark can keep

But the surface always cracks

Revealing what you tried to hide

Every tremor hits the water

Turning stillness into tide

You thought silence was a cage

That would never break or falter

But even quiet has a heartbeat

And it's bleeding through the water

You tried to mask the fracture

but the fracture learned your name

The shadows don't stay silent

when they recognize the blame

The tide remembers everything

It never loses track

Once the signal stains the water

There is no pulling back

There's blood in the water

But it's the truth you tried to drown

Now the river drags it upward

Like a king stripped of his crown

There's blood in the water

The water strains under the weight

When the current starts to darken

It's already far too late

Your reflection breaks like armor

Cracking under stolen weight

The ripples circle outward

As the current recalculates

Everything you buried deeper

Learned to breathe beneath the sound

And the ocean keeps the memories

You swore would not be found

Every lie becomes a tide-mark

Etching truth along the shore

You can feel the world adjusting

Demanding balance, keeping score

You thought the storm would spare you

That the surge would never rise

But the water knows the difference

Between a truth and its disguise

There's blood in the water

But it's the truth you tried to drown

Now the river drags it upward

Like a king stripped of his crown

There's blood in the water

The water strains under the weight

When the current starts to darken

It's already far too late

There's blood in the water

There's blood in the water

There's blood in the water

There's blood in the water

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About Metal

The foundational heavy metal genre, characterized by distorted guitars, powerful vocals, and themes of rebellion and strength, encompassing all core metal aesthetics. Bands include: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest

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