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[Intro β Distant Choir, Swamp Ambience, Lonely Folk Flute] (Whispered, almost breathless) Beyond the reedsβ¦ beyond the flameβ¦ A city whispers my forgotten name. (Distant choir, slowly swelling) SO-DOMβ¦ SO-DOMβ¦ Where angels drown and devils feast, There waits a throne for the poorest beast. [Verse 1 β Close-Mic Whisper, Clean Guitar Underneath] I sold my coat to the mouths of the night, Traded my boots for a counterfeit light. My pockets are hollow, my fingers are black, And every road laughs as I stumble back. A rust-bitten moon hangs over the mire, The stars spit curses, the reeds catch fire. I carry a dream in a beggar's handβ Two worthless coins for the promised land. [Pre-Chorus β Drums Accelerating, Strings Rising] (Low growl) No gold! No grace! No mercy in this godforsaken place! (High-pitched scream) THE GATES ARE OPEN! BUT I CANNOT ENTER! [Chorus β Full Blast Beats, Orchestral Strings, Stacked Gothic Choir] I'm two coins short of Sodom! (Choir: SODOM! SODOM!) With a mouthful of ash and a heart full of rot! The driver is laughing, the horses are screaming, And God has abandoned the hell that He wrought! I'm two coins short of Sodom! (Growled backing vocal: PAY THE PRICE!) Let the black heavens split, let the dead rivers rise! I've sold every virtue, I've swallowed my prideβ BUT HELL WON'T TAKE ME WITHOUT MY PRICE! (Choir, layered harmonies) Two coins short! Two coins short! Of the kingdom where the damned are crowned! [Verse 2 β Fast Riffing, Breath-Close Vocals] The merchant grins with his teeth of gold, βYour soul's worth less than the stories you've sold.β The priest turns away with his hands held high, Too clean for the beggar, too rich to die. I count my copper beneath the dead trees, While something below whispers up through the leaves. A flute cries softly where the black waters bendβ βEvery road to damnation has a toll at the end.β [Verse 2B β High Screams Interwoven With Low Growls] (High scream) I GAVE YOU MY FAITH! (Low growl) YOU SOLD IT FOR WINE. (High scream) I GAVE YOU MY FLESH! (Low growl) NOW YOUR FLESH WILL BE MINE. (Whispered ad-libs, panning in and out) One for the ferrymanβ¦ One for the graveβ¦ One for the god who forgot how to saveβ¦ [Chorus β Heavier, Double-Layered Vocals] I'm two coins short of Sodom! (Choir: SODOM! SODOM!) With a mouthful of ash and a heart full of rot! The driver is laughing, the horses are screaming, And God has abandoned the hell that He wrought! I'm two coins short of Sodom! (Growled backing vocal: PAY THE PRICE!) Let the black heavens split, let the dead rivers rise! I've sold every virtue, I've swallowed my prideβ BUT HELL WON'T TAKE ME WITHOUT MY PRICE! [Bridge β Sudden Silence, Close-Mic Spoken Interlude] (Soft, dry voice. Faint rain and distant bells.) You knowβ¦ I've prayed to every god I've ever heard of. I've begged from every man I've ever known. I've sold my coat. My boots. My dignity. (A quiet, bitter laugh.) Funny thing about damnationβ¦ They always charge you for the journey. (Silence.) And I haven't got a copper left. [Bridge Rebuild β Low Choir, Cello Ostinato, Folk Flute] (Whispered, gradually joined by clean gothic vocals) So I sang for the saintsβ¦ I sang for the thievesβ¦ I sang to the roots strangling under the leaves. I passed round my hat to the blind and the damned, But they filled it with dirt from the graves where they stand. (Choir grows, timpani and guitars slowly enter) One little coinβ¦ One little prayerβ¦ One little reason to think someone caresβ¦ (Low growl, rising in intensity) NO GOD! NO KING! NO MERCY FOR THE WEAK! (High scream over rising orchestration) THEN LET THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR ME SPEAK! [Breakdown β Half-Time Drums, Crushing Guitars, Low Growls] I AM NOT YOUR MARTYR! I AM NOT YOUR SAINT! I AM THE FILTH BENEATH THE ALTAR THAT YOU PAINT! YOU BUILT YOUR HEAVEN! YOU SOLD YOUR HELL! AND NOW YOU CHARGE THE BROKEN FOR THE HOPE YOU SELL! (Choir, rhythmically chanted) PAY! PAY! PAY! (Growl) I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE! (Scream) THEN WATCH ME DIE BEFORE I LIVE ON MY KNEES! [Final Chorus β Full Orchestra, Blast Beats, Choir, Stacked Harmonies] I'M TWO COINS SHORT OF SODOM! (Choir: SODOM! SODOM!) Let the towers collapse in a baptism of flame! Let the angels look down and remember my name! I've crawled through the marshes, I've bled in the sand, With the last dying spark of a dead man's plan! I'M TWO COINS SHORT OF SODOM! (Growled backing vocal: NO WAY BACK!) Let the black rivers swallow the heavens above! I was never redeemed, I was never enough! If the gates demand gold and the damned must payβ THEN I'LL KICK THEM OPEN AND BURN THEM AWAY! (High scream) BURN THEM AWAY! (Low growl) BURN THEM AWAY! (Choir, soaring over the final riff) Two coins short! Two coins short! Let the kingdom of the damned resound! Two coins short! Two coins short! Let the poor man's curse bring heaven down! [Outro β Inst

