Scarlett Ashcroft - Black Tide Lantern

Melodic death metal with female vocals, galloping double-kick drive, syncopated palm-muted riffs, and half-time stomp in the chorus; verse rides tense tremolo guitars and rapid snare hits, pre-chorus opens into eerie open chords, chorus crashes with stacked gang shouts and a soaring lead line, Add ghostly reversed swell hits, distant ship bell accents, and a low-string harmonic scrape before the drop, Mix is dark, wide, and crushing with a sharp top end, female vocals [Verse 1] No flag on the mast Just rags in the rain I saw them drift in With the salt and the pain A lantern burned green In the ribs of the fog And the waves held their breath Like a wolf at a dock [Pre-Chorus] They came with no crew Just crows on the beam Bone hands on the rail And eyes full of seam I heard the wood groan I heard the deep call The sea wants a witness It takes one, takes all [Chorus] Ghost ships, ghost ships Riding black and low Ghost ships, ghost ships Where the dead winds blow Hold your breath When the lantern shows Ghost ships, ghost ships Don’t let them close [Verse 2] Their hull was split open Like a throat in a fight Barnacles like teeth Bit the edge of the night A captainless crown On a skull in the mast And the moon hit the deck Like a blade through the past [Pre-Chorus] They came with no crew Just crows on the beam Bone hands on the rail And eyes full of seam I heard the wood groan I heard the deep call The sea wants a witness It takes one, takes all [Chorus] Ghost ships, ghost ships Riding black and low Ghost ships, ghost ships Where the dead winds blow Hold your breath When the lantern shows Ghost ships, ghost ships Don’t let them close [Bridge] I reached for the wheel And the wheel turned bone I looked in the tide Saw my face was gone One foot in the foam One hand in the frost If you follow their light You are already lost [Final Chorus] Ghost ships, ghost ships Riding black and low Ghost ships, ghost ships Where the dead winds blow Hold your breath When the lantern shows Ghost ships, ghost ships Don’t let them close