MAC TÍRE – GEIS OF THE NIGHT PATH

Описание: Epic cinematic folk-metal anthem featuring a blend of traditional acoustic instruments and heavy modern production, The track opens with ethereal female vocalizations over a drone, transitioning into a mid-tempo 4/4 rhythm at approximately 85 BPM, Instrumentation includes a prominent hurdy-gurdy, nyckelharpa, and acoustic guitar, layered with distorted electric guitars and thunderous orchestral percussion, The vocal arrangement features a powerful baritone male lead and a soaring soprano female lead, often harmonizing in fifths or octaves, The chord progression follows a dark, minor-key modal structure, primarily in D minor, utilizing i-VI-VII movements, Production is high-fidelity with expansive reverb on vocals, sharp transients on the drums, and a dense, wall-of-sound mix during the choruses, The structure follows an intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, and an atmospheric outro

Lyrics

(Hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh)

[Verse 1]
Under the sea the hills where the iron sleeps
I lay my name down for the old ones to keep
Mactire, walk with me

[Verse 2]
Cold wind braids through hovel and scar
The moon is a wound in the hide of the dark
You do not rush, you do not fade
You breathe in circles of hunger and need
Mactire moves where the past divide
Not tame, not cruel, but iron-eyed
You know the law before words were made
Before crown or coin, before blade met blade

[Chorus]
Mactire, hey-hey-ho
Voice of bone and snow
Guardian of the deep night gate
Where no false feet go
By the old guys sworn, by fang and breath
Mactire, mactire-ho
Carry me through death
(Hey-ho, mactire! Hey-ho!)

[Verse 3]
I walk stripped clean of flag and lie
With ash on my chest and frost in my eye
You test my pace, you read my smell
Asking if my animal knows truth from spell
Children of the Fianna run in your blood
Not kings, not slaves, but the oath and the mud
You teach by distance, by tooth and stare
What to take alone, what to share

[Chorus]
Mactire, mactire, hey-hey-ho
Singer of the spine
You break the weak and guard the true
Hey-ho, by root and sign
When the drum goes low and the fire is tight
Mactire, mactire-ho
Keep me feral, keep me right

[Bridge]
Claw on stone, breath on air
Show me the line I must not cross
I am no shepherd, I am no sheep
I am the silence the pack keeps
Between the strike and the choice to stay
Mactire, just without a word to say
No throne, no god, no leash, no crown
Only night, only track, only sound
(Hey-ho, hey-ho, mactire!)

[Chorus]
Mactire, mactire, hey-hey-ho
Hear the old world wake
By ice and bone, by moon and scar
Hey-ho, I do not fake
If I fall, let me fall away
If I stand, let me stand undone
Mactire, mactire-ho
Till the long road's run

[Outro]
And back to the sea
Back to the snow
The path remembers what the mouth once swore