1812

[Intro - bass guitar alone, 1812 theme low and heavy, second guitar answers high and sharp, dueling back and forth, mechanical pulse building] [Verse 1 - low, measured, militant, guitars trading riffs underneath] They came across the border in the cold before the dawn A hundred thousand marching and they thought I would be gone I let them in I let them walk I let them take the ground I let them think the silence meant there was no fight to be found [Pre-chorus - bass drives, guitar stabs answer each line] Light the field Salt the earth Count the cost of what you think this land is worth [Chorus - full assault, bass and guitar lock together then split apart] Burn it down before they take it Burn it down before they stand I will leave them nothing Nothing but the ashes in my hand Let it ring out let it echo let it shake the frozen ground I am the cannon and the cannon makes the only sound [Instrumental break - guitar takes 1812 melody high, bass answers low, trading bars back and forth, escalating] [Verse 2 - darker, bass leading the rhythm, guitar cutting overtop] They brought their flags and horses and their generals with their plans Drew their lines across my country with their educated hands But winter is a weapon that no strategy survives And the cold don't read the maps and the cold don't take no sides [Pre-chorus - bass hits first, guitar answers, staccato call and response] Torch the stores Flood the roads Let them carry every step of what they chose [Chorus - heavier, bass and guitar weaving in and out] Burn it down before they take it Burn it down before they stand I will leave them nothing Nothing but the ashes in my hand Let it ring out let it echo let it shake the frozen ground I am the cannon and the cannon makes the only sound [Bridge - bass alone, mechanical pulse, half-time, spoken delivery] They wanted Moscow I gave them smoke They wanted victory I gave them snow They wanted empire I gave them the longest walk home That any army has ever known [Guitar answers bridge - 1812 theme screaming through distortion, bending notes, feedback] [Build - bass and guitar dueling simultaneously, drums marching, escalating to chaos] And now the bells And now the fire And now the ground shakes with everything I am [Final Chorus - bass and guitar in unison then splitting for the last four lines] Burn it down before they take it Burn it down before they stand I will leave them nothing Nothing but the ashes in my hand Let it ring out let it echo let it shake the frozen ground I am the cannon and the cannon is the only sound [Outro - bass takes 1812 theme alone, guitar answers one last time high and sustained, single cannon hit bass drum, both instruments ring open D, feedback, silence]