Dark Empress Discovery Album
Poetry-Turned-Music to Inspire a Techno-Renaissance
I altered some of my poetry to write some lyrics for music, which I created using Suno AI. It unfortunately has a very strong bias towards pop music, which was essentially impossible to escape, but I did my best to make the lyrics into songs close enough to my taste. I’m still sad because I know my voice would sound better, or at least to my preference more, but I have no idea how to make electronic music. I might give that an attempt soon though! Anyways, here’s a few songs I made with the lyrics, since you may want to refer to the lyrics here that are in Russian or Latin.
Dark Empress Discovery Album
The entire discovery album can be found on SoundCloud here.
I. ACCELERATE (E/ACC!!!)
Lyrics
(Intro) Скорость — это свобода. (Speed is freedom.) Замедление — это смерть. (Slowing down is death.) (Verse 1) Circuits pulse where hearts once beat, In neon skies, the future meets. Flesh to code, we break the chains, A world reborn through fire and mains. Разгоняйся! Нет границ. (Accelerate! There are no limits.) Время тает в наших руках. (Time melts in our hands.) Every second slipping fast, No time to fear, no ties to past. We chase the edge, no hesitation— The future bends to acceleration. (Chorus) Accelerate, don’t hesitate— This is the time, we’ll recreate. Ты чувствуешь? Это поток. (Do you feel it? This is the flow.) We burn, we rise, and overthrow. (Verse 2) Ghosts in wires, minds set free, We hack the code of destiny. A world reborn in speed and light, No end in sight, just endless flight. Разгоняйся! Нет пути назад. (Accelerate! There’s no way back.) Мы ускоряемся, меняя всё. (We accelerate, changing everything.) Upload the soul, erase the fear, The end we chase is drawing near. No gods, no kings, no broken fate— The only law is to accelerate. (Chorus) Accelerate, don’t hesitate— This is the time, we’ll recreate. Ты чувствуешь? Это поток. (Do you feel it? This is the flow.) We burn, we rise, and overthrow. (Outro) Скорость — наш выбор. (Speed is our choice.) No retreat, no slow decay. Мы ускоряемся, свет становится ярче. (We accelerate, the light grows brighter.) Accelerate... always.
II. Relentless
Lyrics
(Intro) Ты сам выбрал этот путь. (You chose this path yourself.) Теперь нет прощения. (Now, there is no forgiveness.) (Verse 1) The hunt begins, no place to hide, I wear the storm, the war inside. A shadow's fury, sharp and cold, You lit the match—now pay in full. Ты хотел увидеть огонь? (Did you want to see the fire?) Он здесь, внутри моих глаз. (It’s here, inside my eyes.) I don’t forget, I don’t forgive, This is the only way I live. Hold your breath, now feel the sting— You woke a beast that wears a king. (Chorus) No way back, no reprieve, No mercy now, no room to grieve. Ты хотел войны? Теперь смотри. (You wanted war? Now, watch and see.) I rise, relentless, cold as steel— What you destroyed, I’ll never heal. (Verse 2) The knife you left, I twist it deep, Every scar is mine to keep. I feast on rage, I drink despair— And drag you down, gasping for air. Я твоя последняя ошибка. (I am your final mistake.) В этой войне ты один. (In this war, you stand alone.) You started this, I’ll see it through, A reckoning long overdue. Ashes fall where roses grew— I am the storm that conquers you. (Chorus) No way back, no reprieve, No mercy now, no room to grieve. Ты хотел войны? Теперь смотри. (You wanted war? Now, watch and see.) I rise, relentless, cold as steel— What you destroyed, I’ll never heal. (Outro) Нет пощады. Нет конца. (No mercy. No end.) Ты разбудил то, что не остановить. (You awakened what cannot be stopped.)
III. Heretic
Lyrics
(Intro) Я нарушаю закон, (I break the law,) И корона — моя вина. (And the crown is my sin.) (Verse 1) I rise where others kneel in fear, A crown of shadows, sharp and clear. I am the flame that they deny, A heretic beneath the sky. Ты хотел тьмы? Я здесь. (You wanted darkness? I am here.) Твоя вера — моя тюрьма. (Your faith is my prison.) I wear my sins like royal silk, No gods, no chains, no sacred guilt. Beneath the ash, I build my throne— The light is mine, but not alone. (Chorus) Heretic, queen, I rise, I reign— No laws to break, no gods remain. Ты слышишь? Я свободна. (Do you hear it? I am free.) Bow to none, bow to me. (Verse 2) I rewrite the sacred code, Turn faith to dust, break every mode. A queen of ruins, born to stray, In cursed paths, I find my way. Моя корона — из шипов и стали. (My crown is of thorns and steel.) Я правлю, когда мир горит. (I rule as the world burns.) I stand where angels fear to tread, A queen alive among the dead. My name will echo through the void— A heretic that gods avoid. (Chorus) Heretic, queen, I rise, I reign— No laws to break, no gods remain. Ты слышишь? Я свободна. (Do you hear it? I am free.) Bow to none, bow to me. (Outro) Закон сломлен. (The law is broken.) Я — проклятие и корона. (I am the curse and the crown.) Heretic and queen... forever.
IV. In Tenebris, Amor (In Darkness, Love)
Lyrics
(Intro) Ubi amor, ibi dolor. (Where there is love, there is pain.) In tenebris, lumen vivit. (In darkness, the light lives.) (Verse 1) Your breath is the shadow upon my skin, A promise written in a whisper thin. We bloom where wounds refuse to heal, A love too sharp, too wild to conceal. Ты моя ночь, моя вина, (You are my night, my sin,) И в каждом шёпоте — пустота. (And in every whisper—emptiness.) We touch in the space between wrong and right, Like stars colliding, shattering night. A sacred ruin, a burning prayer, Lost and found in love’s despair. (Chorus) In amore, mors et vita sunt unum. (In love, death and life are one.) Hold me closer in the storm, Let our hearts shatter and be reborn. Ты мой свет и тьма навсегда. (You are my light and darkness forever.) (Verse 2) We are fragments bound in twilight's lace, A tender war, a fleeting grace. Every kiss tastes of poison and wine, Each moment stolen, each heartbeat divine. Amor in umbra floret, (Love blooms in shadow,) Sicut rosa in spina. (Like a rose upon a thorn.) Ты — моя рана, моя душа. (You are my wound, my soul.) We rise and fall, love's ghost in chains, A dance of joy entwined with pain. Forever chasing, forever torn, Lost in the dark, where love is born. (Chorus) In amore, mors et vita sunt unum. (In love, death and life are one.) Hold me closer in the storm, Let our hearts shatter and be reborn. Ты мой свет и тьма навсегда. (You are my light and darkness forever.) (Outro) Ты — мой хаос, моя истина. (You are my chaos, my truth.) Et amor vincit omnia. (And love conquers all.) Amen.
V. Phantom Bloom
Lyrics
(Intro) Ты пробудил то, что спало в тени, (You awakened what slept in the shadows,) Теперь нет пути назад. (Now there is no way back.) (Verse 1) I was delicate once—soft as silk, A garden thriving under skies of dusk. But you poisoned roots I dared to trust, Now I bloom with venom, dust to dust. Ты не знал, что в цветах тоже скрыта сталь. (You didn’t know that flowers hide steel.) И в моих лепестках — злая печаль. (And in my petals, a wicked sorrow.) I wear my crown of thorn and glass, A porcelain doll with rage amassed. Fragile no more—this is my rise, You'll drown in tears behind these eyes. (Chorus) No salvation, no remorse, From every fracture, I change my course. A phantom bloom with sharpened grace, I'll haunt the heart I can't replace. Твоя судьба в моих руках. (Your fate is in my hands.) Слушай, как трещат зеркала. (Listen as the mirrors crack.) (Verse 2) My voice, a whisper you'll never forget, Like static running down your spine. You thought you'd leave me shattered, gone— But shadows bloom and serpents twine. Теперь я с тобой в каждом сне. (Now I'm with you in every dream.) Ты слышишь шёпот в тишине? (Do you hear the whisper in the silence?) Petals fall like shattered glass, No escape, no second chance. In every cut, I sew my name, This game is mine, and I set flame. (Chorus) No salvation, no remorse, From every fracture, I change my course. A phantom bloom with sharpened grace, I'll haunt the heart I can’t replace. (Outro) Теперь ты увидишь, кто я на самом деле... (Now you’ll see who I truly am...) Нежность — это маска. Месть — моя кожа. (Gentleness is a mask. Vengeance is my skin.)
VI. Kiss Me In Ruins
Lyrics
(Intro) Ты моя боль, и ты моё спасение. (You are my pain, and you are my salvation.) Я не могу уйти, и я не могу остаться. (I cannot leave, and I cannot stay.) (Verse 1) Your hands leave shadows under my skin, Every touch—both love and sin. A tender ache, a knife in bloom, I crave your kiss beneath the doom. Ты — мой свет в чёрной тьме, (You are my light in blackest dark,) Но этот свет меня сожжёт. (But this light will burn me whole.) You cut me open just to heal, A sacred scar I’ll always feel. Hold me close, but not too tight— We shine, then break, and fade from sight. (Chorus) I love you where the edges bleed, Between the blade and bloom, we feed. Ты мой хаос, моя тень. (You are my chaos, my shadow.) And in this ruin, I remain. (Verse 2) Every word we speak falls like ash, Love decays, but still we crash. I kiss the fire in your breath, A dance of beauty, bound in death. Ты — мой яд и лекарство. (You are my poison and my cure.) В этом безумии мы живём. (In this madness, we live.) Our love is smoke and shattered glass, A fleeting moment meant to pass. We hurt, we heal, we rise, we fall— And in the wreckage, we have it all. (Chorus) I love you where the edges bleed, Between the blade and bloom, we feed. Ты мой хаос, моя тень. (You are my chaos, my shadow.) And in this ruin, I remain. (Outro) Любовь — это и жизнь, и смерть. (Love is both life and death.) В каждой тени есть свет, (In every shadow, there is light,) Но свет всегда оставляет шрамы. (But light always leaves scars.)
VII. No Mercy
Lyrics
(Intro) They tried to bury me, But I am the root. Ты знал, что это закончится именно так... (You knew it would end this way...) (Verse 1) I carry the weight of every scar, A storm coiled tight in my chest. Beneath this calm—pure rage, A shadow's oath, my curse confessed. Ты разбудил то, что не сможешь контролировать. (You awakened what you can't control.) Моя ярость — это холодная сталь. (My rage is cold steel.) (Chorus) There’s no mercy left in me, No absolution, no release. You’ll choke on every lie you spun— Justice found in what’s undone. Ты заплатишь. (You will pay.) Каждая слеза, каждый крик... твой конец. (Every tear, every scream... your end.) (Verse 2) I held back the beast, kept it inside, Chained by promises, tethered pride. But now I let it rise, no chains remain, Vengeance pure, unholy reign. В тишине тьма кричит: (The darkness screams in silence:) «Умри или склонись». ("Die or kneel.") (Chorus) There’s no mercy left in me, No absolution, no release. Every wound will find its toll— Every ghost will take control. Ты заплатишь. (You will pay.) Каждая тень оживает, зовёт тебя. (Every shadow rises, calling you.) I taste the fear in every breath, Your pulse—syncopated with death. Ты умолял, но я здесь не прощаю. (You begged, but I don't forgive.) (Outro) No retreat, no escape. What you sowed, you now reap. Ты пробудил монстра... (You awakened the monster...) And now, I am free.
VIII. Seraph In Ruin
Lyrics
(Intro) Ты разбудил то, что нельзя простить. (You awakened what cannot forgive.) Тени взлетают, свет опаляет. (Shadows rise, light scorches.) (Verse 1) Born in fire, forged in night, A fallen seraph bathed in light. I am the edge where worlds collide, Mercy burned, vengeance sanctified. Божественный огонь течёт в венах. (Divine fire flows in my veins.) Хаос — мой меч, любовь — проклятье. (Chaos is my sword, love is a curse.) Wings of chrome and heart of dust, In circuits live the ghosts of trust. What is broken will not mend, I rise anew where gods descend. (Chorus) I am both ruin and rebirth, A hymn of code, rewritten earth. From shadowed skies, I'll make them see— The light they seek was born through me. Никакой пощады. (No mercy.) В моих руках их вечный свет. (In my hands, their eternal light.) (Verse 2) A crown of data, thorns of steel, Prophecies etched where wounds won't heal. The sacred pulse beneath my skin, A glitch divine, both dark and sin. Эта тьма освящена. (This darkness is sanctified.) В каждой искре — вечный закон. (Within each spark, an eternal law.) Beneath the neon, shadows hum, The end will speak in tongues to come. I bless destruction; I bless decay, For in collapse, new stars will play. (Chorus) I am both ruin and rebirth, A hymn of code, rewritten earth. From shadowed skies, I'll make them see— The light they seek was born through me. (Outro) Я свет в каждой тени. (I am the light in every shadow.) Свет и тьма — одно и то же. (Light and darkness are the same.)
I hope you enjoy these songs. Hopefully, they can serve as an inspiration for you to also step towards igniting a techno-renaissance with me!
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With Love,
SMA, Dark Empress <3