[Intro: Architectural Soundscape] [Sound of chisel on stone,brick laying, timber creaking. These sounds form a rhythmic pattern. A deep, textured synth bassline fades in.] (Sample,whispered, processed): Ordo domus Sanctæ Mariæ Theutonicorum... [A powerful,slow beat with metallic percussion enters] [Verse 1] Ex Hansa venit argentum, ex Flandria textus, Ratio et mensura fundant hanc arcem. Lateres rubri flumen Vistulæ sequuntur, Et super ripam Marienburg surgit — Non tantum castrum, sed caput et cerebrum. [Pre-Chorus] Civitas Ordinis. Universitas. Ars. Ignis et calculus. Ferrum et carta. [Chorus] LATERES ET FERRUM! (Lateres et ferrum!) HAEC EST REPUBLICA NOVA! A MARI USQUE AD MARE — — ORDINIS POTESTAS! (Ordinis potestas!) [Instrumental Break / "The Hanseatic Drop"] [A driving,almost electronic "merchant caravan" rhythm. Samples of minted coins, market chatter, and creaking ship rigging are woven into the beat. A melodic lead synth echoes a medieval estampie.] [Verse 2] Sed calculus bellicus in Grunwaldia erravit, Aquila Polona, aquila Lituana conjunctæ. Post deluvium argenti, post ruinam, Mutata sunt omnia: ordo miles fit ordo princeps. Securis ad radicem nunquam pervenit... [Bridge] Nunc in bibliothecis silent cartæ, In ruinis turrium sibilat ventus. Quid reliquum est? Lateres rubri... ...et nomen Borussia. [Final Chorus & Outro] LATERES... ET FERRUM... (fading, becoming more mechanical) HAEC... REPUBLICA... [Beat becomes glitchy,disintegrates. The sounds from the intro (chisel, brick) return, but reversed and distorted, fading into the hum of a modern electrical grid.]
