04 Heilheim (Completed)

[Intro] [clean electric guitar arpeggio] [Verse 1] [gritty male vocals] A gate of stone beneath cold skies Where endless dead in silence rise [overdriven guitar enters] The hound stands watch with hollow eyes Nothing leaves that enters here Beyond the gate the pale light dies A sea of souls that fades from sight No voice, no cry, no last goodbyes Only the weight of what has gone by [Pre-Chorus] Across from where there's no return Below the path your feet have known [Chorus] You walk the shores of the dead [full band enters, heavy drums] Where no light falls and no words are said You stand where all roads lead below In Helheim Nothing breaks or bends [Verse 2] [clean guitar arpeggio returns] A river runs through an endless dark It makes no sound, no ripple stirs The dead don't stop, they cross as one As if they've always known their fate Beyond the river stands a hall So vast it swallows all your dreams No dawn, no light, no way back Only the dead may enter here [Pre-Chorus] Across from where there's no return Below the path your feet have known [Chorus] You walk the shores of the dead Where no light falls and no words are said You stand where all roads lead below In Helheim Nothing breaks or bends [Guitar Solo] [distorted guitar solo with bluesy bends and vibrato] [Bridge] [drums drop out, clean guitar arpeggio] The silence here is not like sleep It presses down on everything No dream survives beyond this gate The Norns wait, nothing in this dark [vocals intensify] You've seen what waits beyond the road What lies beneath the world you know Come if you must but do not stay Some things are meant left unsaid [Chorus] I walk the shores of the dead [full band returns] Where no light falls and no words are said I've stood where all the roads have led In Helheim Nothing is broken or bent Nothing is broken or bent [Outro] [guitar riff fades out, final drum hit]