[Intro] [orchestral strings, cinematic percussion hits, low synth drone] (Ooh...) [Verse 1] [distorted guitar chugging enters, mid-tempo drums] [spoken baritone vocals] At the very end of my life When I was certain I was meant to die [guitar riff intensifies] There was no ray of light No fire left to reach my eyes Only night Endless night Pure darkness swallowing my sight [Pre-Chorus] [drums drop out, strings and low synth only] And then I heard a sound A distant sound beneath the ground [crescendo] The march of the hound [Chorus] [full band, double-kick drums, melodic vocals] I heard them coming through the dead of night An army born from darkness marching in perfect time Their banners black, their armor gold No mercy left, no hand to hold They came to claim the life of the fallen To drag the defeated into the dark [growled vocals] We come from the shadows We rise where the light has died No soul escapes the darkness No man outruns the night [Bridge] [half-time feel, spoken vocals over bass and strings] And I could hear them closer and closer and closer Their footsteps shaking the bones beneath my feet [growled vocals] The army of the dark has come to claim its prize [Chorus] [full band, driving rhythm] March through the ashes, march through the night March until the last flame dies and take his life [orchestral strings swell] [Outro] [industrial synth textures, heavy guitar hits] No light, no mercy, no salvation Only darkness and the sound of their procession [spoken] I saw their shadows I felt their presence I knew I was the next [growled] And then I saw the knight The first, the last, the one who leads them from beyond the end [final chorus refrain] The night has come, the hunt has begun The hound is calling, the kingdom of light is gone [heavy guitar chug, final cymbal crash] The march of the hound
