(Verse 1) [Intimate piano chords, very close mic on vocals] In the quiet of the Limbo air, we’re sighing just to breathe While the winds of Lust begin to howl and pull us by the sleeve Now the rain of Gluttony is soaking through the floor And the Greedy push their heavy hearts against a closing door (Pre-Chorus) [Acoustic guitar enters, building rhythm] The Wrathful tear the Styx apart with fingernails of red While the Heretics are burning in a stone and marble bed It’s getting louder now... (Chorus) [explosion of sound: Layered electric guitars, heavy drums, and glockenspiel] And the light is a memory we left at the gate Falling through circles, we’re challenging fate From the fire to the ice, let the heavens go black We’ve come down too far to ever turn back Oh, we’re breaking the floor, we’re finding the core Until there’s no hell left to fear anymore! (Verse 2) [Bass and drums maintain a steady, driving beat] We’re wading through the Violence, a river made of flame Into the ditches of the Fraud where no one knows their name The architecture’s crumbling, the sky is turning grey We’re losing every piece of us we thought we’d take away (Bridge) [The music drops out. Just a cold, crystalline synth and a lonely piano] But at the bottom, there’s a silence... A Treachery in ice A frozen lake of glass and bone The final, heavy price [The drums build with a rapid snare roll] The final, heavy price! (Chorus) [Maximum volume: The "Wall of Sound"] And the light is a memory we left at the gate Falling through circles, we’re challenging fate From the fire to the ice, let the heavens go black We’ve come down too far to ever turn back (Outro) [Glockenspiel sparkles over a fading guitar delay] To see the stars again... Just to see the stars again...
