[Intro | twin-guitar harmony | classical-flavored lead | B minor | building tension] [Verse 1 | restrained lower-register male vocal] High above the streets below Behind the walls where no one goes They count the days, they count the gold They make the laws that we are told Every promise has its price Every truth becomes a lie Power feeds upon itself While hungry hands reach out for help [Riff | twin guitars | driving heavy-metal rhythm] [Verse 2 | stronger vocal | rising register] They built the towers stone by stone Until they thought the world their own Every door is locked inside Every window hides another lie But walls can crack and kingdoms fall No throne was made to last at all The higher that the towers rise The further they will fall tonight [Chorus | mega chorus | soaring lead vocal | no gang vocals] Guardians of the gate How long can you hold? Guardians of the gate How much can be sold? You can lock away the truth You can hide behind the walls But nothing built by greed Was ever built to never fall [Bridge | darker harmony | drums pull back] Power wants more power Gold demands more gold Every hand that reaches upward Slowly loses hold [Instrumental Section | twin-guitar development | classical melodic sequence | escalating arrangement] [Guitar Solo | extended guitar feature | harmonized opening | melodic sequences | expressive bends | technical acceleration | twin-guitar resolution] [Final | maximum arrangement | high-register vocal] Open the gates! Let the daylight in! Every empire ends Where its arrogance begins! Guardians of the gate Your walls are growing thin You can hold the doors tonight But you cannot hold forever! [Epilogue | twin-guitar harmony | tempo settles | sustained B minor] The gate remains... But nothing lasts forever.
