[Intro: Death Metal, D Phrygian, drop-A tuning, 210 BPM, blast beats, tremolo-picked riffs, guttural growls] [Verse 1: Death Metal, chords D5 – E♭5 – D5 – C5] Chained in the cellar of my own design Rotting on the vine, a grave I called mine No sun, no breath, no name, no sign Swallowed whole by the endless night [Pre-Chorus: Breakdown, half-time, chugging palm mutes on open A, one long scream] I cannot climb… I cannot climb… [Bridge: Transition, everything cuts, two bars of silence] [Single clean guitar plays D minor, rings out, shifts to D major (Picardy third)] [High sustained organ and choir "ahh" enter underneath] Then a voice cut through the black… [Chorus: Joyful Heavy Metal, key change up a whole step to E major, standard tuning, 140 BPM gallop, soaring clean vocals, twin harmonized lead guitars, open crash cymbals, chords E – B – C♯m – A] Out of the pit, into the fire of the dawn The chains are broken and the night is gone I was dead, now I'm alive Lift your voice, I've seen the light! [Verse 2: Heavy Metal, stays in E major, driving gallop] The grave I dug is an empty hole New blood running through a ransomed soul What held me down has lost its hold [Gang vocals] I'M NOT GOING BACK! [Guitar Solo: E Lydian, soaring, ends on long bend over sustained E chord] [Final Chorus: key change up a half step to F major, full choir doubles melody] Out of the pit, into the fire of the dawn The chains are broken and the night is gone I was dead, now I'm alive Lift your voice, I've seen the light! [Outro: one open F major chord held, cymbal swells, final vocal note sung clean and high]
