[Intro - Low industrial pulse, four heavy mechanical guitar strikes] [Deep spoken male voice] Midnight. Last departure. Tickets... PLEASE. [Massive industrial guitar riff] [Verse 1 - Deep, clipped rhythmic vocals] BLACK STEEL! BURNING COAL! ONE WAY TICKET! PAY THE TOLL! NO DRIVER! NO RETURN! FEED THE FIRE! LET IT BURN! [Pre-Chorus - Mechanical drums building] Hear the wheels. Hear the chain. Hear the dead CALL YOUR NAME! [Chorus - Massive aggressive shouted vocals] THE MIDNIGHT ENGINE! STEEL AND FLAME! EVERY LOST SOUL KNOWS ITS NAME! THE MIDNIGHT ENGINE! BLACK AS SIN! ONCE YOU'RE ABOARD... YOU'RE NEVER GETTING OFF AGAIN! [Instrumental - Relentless locomotive-style guitar riff] [Verse 2] GOLDEN TICKETS! PAINTED SMILES! ONE LAST JOURNEY! ENDLESS MILES! A DANCING SKELETON! A WITCH IN BLACK! A LONELY DRIVER WHO CAN'T TURN BACK! A LITTLE DOLL! A LITTLE SWING! ALL ABOARD! HEAR THEM SING! [Pre-Chorus] Hear the wheels. Hear the chain. Hear the dead CALL YOUR NAME! [Chorus] THE MIDNIGHT ENGINE! STEEL AND FLAME! EVERY LOST SOUL KNOWS ITS NAME! THE MIDNIGHT ENGINE! BLACK AS SIN! ONCE YOU'RE ABOARD... YOU'RE NEVER GETTING OFF AGAIN! [Instrumental - Heavy industrial guitar solo, pounding mechanical rhythm] [Bridge - Music drops to low distorted bass and mechanical pulse] [Deep spoken voice] Carriage one... The dancing dead. Carriage two... The things you dread. Carriage three... The lost and gone. Carriage four... [Pause] THE KING SITS ON HIS THRONE. [Massive distorted guitar impact] [Breakdown - Crushing half-time mechanical drums] ONE TRAIN! ONE TRACK! NO WAY OUT! NO WAY BACK! BLACK STEEL! RED FLAME! THE KING OF THE DEAD HAS COME TO CLAIM! [Pause] [Deep commanding shout] ALL ABOARD! [Full band returns with enormous mechanical riff] [Final Chorus - Explosive industrial metal] THE MIDNIGHT ENGINE! STEEL AND FLAME! EVERY LOST SOUL KNOWS ITS NAME! THE MIDNIGHT ENGINE! BLACK AS SIN! ONCE YOU'RE ABOARD... YOU'RE NEVER GETTING OFF AGAIN! THE MIDNIGHT ENGINE! HEAR IT ROAR! A THOUSAND SOULS AND ROOM FOR MORE! [Outro - Riff gradually slows, each mechanical strike heavier] [Deep spoken male voice] The carnival is closed. The passengers are counted. The tickets are collected. [Pause] One seat remains. [Low mechanical pulse] [Whispered] We've been expecting you. [Final crushing guitar strike] [Silence]
