††† Pestilence Wore The Dead Like Chains †† † 【№ᱼ³ᱼ²】 †††
[dark slow acoustic guitar drone, cavern reverb, detuned strings, freezing wind, low bowed violin, distant funeral bell, sub-bass rumble, abandoned cathedral ambience] [whispered eerie melodic vocal, close-mic breaths, ghostly octave doubles, long echo] The road was ash beneath my feet The sky wore mourning black I watched the crows above the church And knew there was no turning back The town had locked its wooden doors The children learned to pray But every candle in the windowsill Was burning death away [haunted flute descends, tribal tom heartbeat, low synth pulse, metallic creaks, dissonant violin tension] [deep guttural vocal, raspy breaths, distant choir groans, distorted radio texture] I heard the fever in the wells I heard it breathe beneath the ground The saints were nailed behind their glass Their hollow eyes looked down The river carried crimson smoke The fields refused to grow And every soul that spoke Your name Was swallowed by the snow [dark choir rises from whispers, slow trance arpeggio, reverse reverb, bells, pressure building][dark melodic vocal, fragile and haunted, low octave shadow] Pestilence in my bloodstream, prayer caught in my throat I built a house of holy words, but death still knows the road The bells keep ringing for the living and the dead I wore the crown of sorrow like a halo on my head[choir repeats "halo on my head," giant failing-heart kick, bass pulse, footsteps in an empty corridor][ominous dark-synthwave bass, detuned trance build, violin tremolo, whispers: "judgment," chains and thunder] I was the sinner at the gate I was the plague behind the veil The town was built on buried bones And every promise failed They called the storm an act of God They called my name a curse But heaven never answered me And hell had answered first [absolute silence, one distorted church bell, close breath, sub-drop] [guttural lead with demonic low harmony, cinematic impacts, choir response] Open up the iron sky Let the burning angels see Every wound I tried to hide Every chain that worshipped me Let the houses shake and fall Let the blackened river rise If I am the chosen plague Then look into my eyes [soul-crushing dark dubstep breakdown, speaker-breaking 808s, distorted bass growls, brutal half-time drums, metallic scrapes, chopped choir, sudden silence before each hit, doom-metal weight with distorted acoustic-guitar strikes only] [processed guttural vocal, broken-radio effect, massive echo] Pestilence In my blood Pestilence I am not enough Pestilence Hear the town decay Pestilence Take the light away [low distorted acoustic guitar pulse, crawling insect ambience, distant thunder, choir whispers, dark violin tremolo, slow techno heartbeat] [deep guttural vocal, close and menacing] From the cracks beneath the altar stone They came in swarms of black Like locusts from the opened pit There was no turning back We burned the homes, we sealed the doors We drowned them in the rain But still they climbed the holy walls And wore the dead like chains [bridge: all drums cut, roach-wing flutter, detuned flute, whispered choir, immense sub-bass slowly rising][whispered eerie melodic vocal]No fire could cleanse them No blade could make them flee The things we tried to bury Were feeding under me The Lord sent signs in darkness The sky refused to speak And every crawling shadow Found the sinner I would be [violent dark dubstep re-entry, crushing 808s, distorted bass growls, chopped choir chanting "unclean," doom-weight acoustic strikes, horror strings] [guttural vocal with choir response] Impossible to kill Impossible to save They crawl across the scripture They crawl out of the grave Impossible to kill They know my hidden name The town became their kingdom And my soul became their plague [dark EDM and techno pulse, side-chained synths, crushing acoustic guitar hits, low orchestral impacts, violin stabs, frantic choir][melodic vocal returns, eerie but powerful, angelic choir corrupted with pitch warble, dreamy pads and haunted flute] Pestilence in my bloodstream, prayer caught in my throat I built a house of holy words, but death still knows the road The bells keep ringing for the living and the deaI wore the crown of sorrow like a halo on my head[trance ascent, rising arpeggios, ticking clock, massive choir, strings screaming, distorted bells, unbearable tension] [final cinematic vocal, grief and restrained rage, guttural layers under key words] Pestilence in my bloodstream, the judgment drawing near I watched the town become a tomb, I watched it disappear The bells keep ringing though there is nobody left I wore the crown of sorrow until it crushed my breath [final dubstep-techno collapse, huge 808 impacts, distorted choir, bowed violin screech, thunder, collapsing cathedral reverb] [whispered final line, low demonic double and distant childlike echo] The plague was never in the town. The plague was me. [all sound cuts: distant bell, freezing wind, dying synth drone, heartbeat slows and fades]
