Overall the theme and the sound, naturally, have to have a grotesque grandeur, so I would assume dark metal/baroque metal/orchestral metal kind of thing would be a fitting soundbase. I was fighting with GPT for a week, as it constantly was saying that "this is a cliche" or "this is clunky and hard to sing" or "the listener will never get the implication" and, at last, it stooped to say that this iteration is "fine". No, the LLM did not write the lyrics, only was pointing out what could be considered a mistake, otherwise it probably would have been a better piece. The genre selections also is enforced by the fact that, in my experience, those allow the complete lack of refrain sections. Theme of grand menace does not exactly go well with refrains, methinks.
Narrated intro, slow paced:
Revered by few, dreaded by all,
Through no man's land I'm walking tall.
Devastation and ruin in my wake,
At every step both ground and souls quake.
One who stands on top of piled gore:
(sound drop)
I am War.
One
1st Verse - mechanical lyrics delivery, lumbering tempo:
The tyrant of destructive force,
None shall stand before me.
I know no fear, feel no remorse,
Set to wreak havoc for eternity.
(instrumentals ramping up)
Cries of pain, bellows of rage,
The clang of clashing blades,
Chattering arms of modern age -
Orchestral play that never fades.
2nd Verse - more oppressive, accusatory:
My thirsting halberd tastes the air,
Sound of my tread — the final knell.
I deposed hope, and enthroned despair,
All was over as my shadow fell.
There's no apotropaic charm,
To ward off my merciless advance.
My hand governs whatever harm
Is done across reality's expanse.
My
3rd Verse - detached:
My deceit drives your vicious fervour,
For a hollow cause and a fabricated side.
I partake in the festival of murder,
And savour yet another global suicide.
Soot-darkened skies and blood-soaked ground,
The flickering light of the world ablaze,
Ever larger grows the carrion mound,
Its stench lost in the acrid haze.
Outro with similar to the intro delivery, but more malice/daunting:
Projecting menace, commanding awe,
Inter-planar invader obeying no law.
Gruesome plays held in my honour,
Mortal remains litter grounds I conquer.
Horror present in every written lore:
I am War.
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I did consider adding something of a bridging visceral chorus after the 3rd verse, to keep banking on the last quatrain's pressure, but the idea I have either devolves into a nursery rhyme or is just too complex for a bridge.