Elevator Down (Chapter 9)

[Intro – mechanical sounds, low whispers] (Chains grind… doors close… Elevator Down…) [Verse 1 – Kael, spoken-sung, paranoid] Steel cage drops, the lights all fade, Mercenaries count the debts I’ve paid. Eyes in the dark, they don’t belong, Every silence hums like a dying song. [Pre-Chorus – rising tension, overlapping voices] (Elevator down… elevator down…) The cables scream, the walls decay, The city above just drifts away. [Chorus – heavy industrial chant, layered voices] ELEVATOR DOWN, INTO THE VEINS, RUSTED CHAINS AND DIGITAL STAINS. Every floor a forgotten crown, The deeper we fall — elevator down. [Verse 2 – Kael, harsher tone] Faces blur in the neon glare, Souls descending with hollow stares. Ghosts in the metal, voices bleed, Every drop feeds the Monument’s need. [Bridge – chaotic glitch + whispers] (Kael Vox… falling… fragment falling…) (The Choir awaits… the Choir awaits…) [Final Chorus – crushing percussion + Kael screaming] ELEVATOR DOWN, PAST ALL NAMES, BLOOD AND STATIC IN THE FLAMES. Every scar is a secret town, The city collapses — elevator down. [Outro – mechanical grind, fading chant] (Elevator down… elevator down…)