[Intro](Pounding, rhythmic double-bass and heavy, low-end guitar chugs—sounding like a massive iron piston)Infernal Furnace...Infernal Furnace...Infernal Furnace...[Verse 1]Chained to the gears that never sleep Bound to an oath I could not keep The architects called it necessity And handed the keys of the dark to me No visible flame, no chance of release A hunger that owns every piece of my peace I drag them in, I lock them tight And watch them burn into eternal night [Pre-Chorus]Every heartbeat signed away Every tear became a wage Sterile hands raised up the gates And polished bars became the age! [Chorus]This is the Infernal Furnace! The engine of ultimate loss! Infernal Furnace! Consuming the souls that can never return No matter the prayer or the cost! Once the last spark dies in the black Not even God can bring it back! And I am broken, chained, and bound To feed the flames beneath the ground! [Verse 2]I walk the bank of the blackened river A boatman with hands that bleed and shiver Damnation was sealed as my sentence and key No merciful hand coming down for me They scream when the iron doors seal shut They beg as the cold gears start to cut The furnace obeys only one law inside: What enters the dark is stripped and denied! [Pre-Chorus]Every heartbeat signed away Every tear became a wage Sterile hands raised up the gates And polished bars became the age! [Chorus]This is the Infernal Furnace! The engine of ultimate loss! Infernal Furnace! Consuming the souls that can never return No matter the prayer or the cost! Once the last spark dies in the black Not even God can bring it back! And I am broken, chained, and bound To feed the flames beneath the ground! [Bridge] (Prog-metal tempo drop / Slow heavy halftime double-bass)I did not choose this endless task I wear the executioner's mask The hum is not a holy hymn The light is cold, sterile, and dim The cage is clean because it feeds On every soul my iron bleeds The Engine demands its daily wage— And I am the jailer inside the cage! [Breakdown] (Heavy palm-muted low-E chugs / Layered vocal growls)Infernal Furnace! Broken! Infernal Furnace! Chained! Eternal service! Eternal blame! I feed the fire! I erase the name! I am the fuel... I AM THE FLAME! [Guitar Solo / Heavy Riff Section][Final Chorus]This is the Infernal Furnace! The engine of ultimate loss! Infernal Furnace! Consuming the souls that can never return No matter the prayer or the cost! Once the last spark dies in the black Not even God can bring it back! No escape and no release— The machine demands its endless peace! [Outro] (Fading palm-muted riff over an anvil strike, vocals growled into a whisper)Infernal Furnace... The furnace dims... The white gates bend... The dark breathes in... And begins again. And I remain... Broken. Chained. Still feeding.
