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Portcullis

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V6

[INTRO: crushing low-tuned guitars, amp feedback, distorted bass, insane double-bass drums, tom barrages, cymbal crashes] [Verse 1] [INSTRUMENTAL: blunt stop-start chugs, pounding bass, relentless kick drums] They come in waves. They hit the wall. He does not move. He does not fall. Steel will break. Bones will bend. He stands there to the bitter end. [Pre-Chorus] [INSTRUMENTAL: guitars climb, double-bass accelerates, crowd noise rising] NO FEAR! NO PAIN! NO WAY THROUGH! [Chorus] [INSTRUMENTAL: full guitar wall, screaming feedback, machine-gun double bass] [CROWD: joins every response] DROP IT! PORTCULLIS! STOP IT! PORTCULLIS! HOLD 'EM BACK! HOLD 'EM BACK! PORTCULLIS! [CROWD] PORTCULLIS! PORTCULLIS! [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: ugly guitar squeals, pick scrapes, snare assault] [Verse 2] [INSTRUMENTAL: massive low-string riff, distorted bass, hard tom hits between lines] Cut his flesh. Nothing stays. Break his heart. It does not change. Crush his mind. Try again. He will not break. He will not bend. [Pre-Chorus] [INSTRUMENTAL: double-bass builds under every line] NO FEAR! NO PAIN! NO WAY THROUGH! [Chorus] [INSTRUMENTAL: guitars and drums explode again; crowd screaming with lead] DROP IT! PORTCULLIS! STOP IT! PORTCULLIS! HOLD 'EM BACK! HOLD 'EM BACK! PORTCULLIS! [CROWD] PORTCULLIS! PORTCULLIS! [DRUM BREAK: insane double-bass run, tom avalanche, cymbal wash] [Breakdown] [INSTRUMENTAL: one crushing guitar hit between each line; bass and kick like siege hammers] ONE MAN! ONE WALL! ONE ORDER! HOLD! ONE NAME! ONE ANSWER! NO! [INSTRUMENTAL: feedback scream, rapid snare roll, full band slam] [Final Chorus] [EVERYONE: screaming at the top of their lungs] DROP IT! PORTCULLIS! STOP IT! PORTCULLIS! HOLD 'EM BACK! HOLD 'EM BACK! PORTCULLIS! BREAK YOUR SWORD! BREAK YOUR HAND! BREAK YOURSELF AGAINST THE MAN! DROP IT! PORTCULLIS! [CROWD] PORTCULLIS! PORTCULLIS! PORTCULLIS! [OUTRO: guitars collapse into feedback while double-bass keeps hammering] He does not chase. He does not move. He stands. Nothing gets through. [FINAL HIT: entire band and crowd together, then dead silence]