[Intro: 112 BPM, 6/8. Low guitars establish a heavy minor pedal-tone march. Second guitar enters with a mournful harmonized melody above it. Floor toms and kick build gradually. No vocals for eight bars.] [Verse 1: Drums move into a driving double-kick pulse without becoming frantic. Vocal enters as an extremely low sustained death growl, clearly articulated and rhythmically deliberate.] Something tore the firmament open Not light Not thunder Wings came through burning at the edges A thousand mouths beneath them answered The first sword fell and heaven learned the weight of blood [Pre-Chorus: Guitars climb through harmonized minor intervals while the bass continues descending beneath them. Vocal phrases become longer and more forceful.] Seraphim descend in columns black shapes rise to meet them No prayer remains above the noise No kingdom stays untouched [Chorus: Broad half-time feel beneath continuous double-kick propulsion. Guitars open into huge harmonized melodic lines. Vocal remains a deep controlled growl, sustained rather than shouted.] LET THE THRONES BURN Let every crown come down If heaven demands dominion and hell demands the same Then neither side will leave here holy [Instrumental: Vocals stop. Lead guitars trade two related minor-key melodies over galloping rhythm guitar. Bass becomes more melodic and pushes against the root notes. Finish with a descending harmonized phrase into the next verse.] [Verse 2: Return to the marching riff, heavier than before. Low growled vocal sits inside the guitar rhythm rather than above it.] Feathers clot the mouths of rivers Ash moves upward into heaven Demons drag the wounded angels down Angels tear the darkness open No mercy came with either host Only banners only orders only dead [Bridge: Tempo remains fixed but the drums drop into enormous tom-led strikes. Guitars sustain dissonant minor intervals. Vocal becomes slower, lower and increasingly spacious.] And somewhere beyond them Something watches Something older than their war Older than the names they kill beneath [Build: Double kick gradually returns. Tremolo-picked guitar melody climbs while rhythm guitar holds the same ominous pedal tone.] The armies turn The trumpets stop For one impossible moment both sides understand [Final Chorus: Full band erupts. Highest guitar harmony of the song rides above the main riff. Deep growled vocal uses long sustained phrases with clear consonants.] LET THE THRONES BURN Let heaven fall beside the pit No victor waits beyond this field No righteous hand remains ANGEL DEMON Different wings above the same grave [Outro: Vocals end completely. Continue for sixteen bars. Twin guitars transform the chorus melody into a slower mournful harmony while drums fall from double kick to a massive half-time march. Bass descends independently. Final guitar harmony refuses to resolve; feedback and low amplifier sustain remain after the last drum strike.]
