[Tempo: Heavy, driving, with a grand, sweeping orchestra] [Intro: Thunderous double-kick drums, soaring gothic choirs chanting in Latin, pierced by a weeping violin and crushing down-tuned guitars] [Verse 1] Cobblestones slick with a crimson rain In the city of walls, in the city of pain Two houses of pride, bound by a curse Where every blessing is sung like a dirge Swords in the twilight, venom and steel A hatred so ancient, a vengeance so real From the ashes of Verona, a shadow ascends Where the blood of the father corrupts the innocent's hands! [Pre-Chorus] A masquerade of shadows, a fleeting, stolen glance The violins are weeping in the devil’s bitter dance Born to be enemies, sworn to the grave But the heart is a rebel, and the soul cannot be saved! [Chorus] [Massive symphonic explosion, soaring operatic vocals mixed with aggressive metal growls] Oh, Romeo! Juliet! Caught in the teeth of the Capulet! Oh, Romeo! Juliet! Torn by the blade of the Montague debt! A star-crossed requiem, written in the night Two fading embers in the dying of the light Love is the poison! Love is the tomb! A symphony of sorrow echoing their doom! [Verse 2] Whispers of passion beneath the cold moon A vow in the darkness, ending too soon The friar's dark potion, a desperate plea To sever the chains, to finally break free But the ravens are circling the blood-spattered square Mercutio’s ghost is haunting the air! Tybalt has fallen, the exile is cast The sands in the hourglass are bleeding out fast! [Pre-Chorus] A masquerade of shadows, a frantic, final breath The choir of the angels is silenced by death Born to be enemies, sworn to the grave But the heart is a rebel, and the soul cannot be saved! [Chorus] Oh, Romeo! Juliet! Caught in the teeth of the Capulet! Oh, Romeo! Juliet! Torn by the blade of the Montague debt! A star-crossed requiem, written in the night Two fading embers in the dying of the light Love is the poison! Love is the tomb! A symphony of sorrow echoing their doom! [Bridge] [Tempo drops to a slow, crushing doom-metal dirge. Church bells ring heavily. A lone soprano vocal wails.] Down in the crypt where the ancestors lie... The maiden is sleeping, but she didn’t die... A miswritten letter, a dagger, a vial... The Reaper is watching with a merciless smile! [Heavy guitar chugging builds up rapidly] He drinks the venom! (No!) She wakes to the grief! (Why?!) She plunges the iron! A tragic relief! [Guitar Solo - Fast, neoclassical, sweeping arpeggios that mimic a frenzied, weeping string section, ending in a massive orchestral crescendo] [Chorus] Oh, Romeo! Juliet! Caught in the teeth of the Capulet! Oh, Romeo! Juliet! Torn by the blade of the Montague debt! A star-crossed requiem, written in the night Two fading embers in the dying of the light Love is the poison! Love is the tomb! A symphony of sorrow echoing their doom! [Outro] The feud is now broken, but the price was their breath United in darkness, forever in death [Choir chants: "In morte, in amore"] Forever in death... [A final, thunderous guitar chord strikes, followed by the solitary, mournful sound of a cello fading into silence]
