[Verse 1]
Autumn's crimson shroud descends on gilded spires
Frost gnaws at the stone councils feed the pyres
Through peaks of ash and valleys choked in grey
Marching towards the dawn of purer day
Eyes reflect the moon, a feral, watchful gleam
Beneath the velvet cloak, a b***d knight's dream
Whispers coil like smoke where virtue once took root
The same gilded halls conceal the fanged pursuit
[Pre-Chorus]
Hammers double-k**k thunder, relentless drive
Night curtains shimmer, the blizzard comes alive
A spectral fell ascends, a haunting, distant f***t
Through the maelstrom's heart, we claw towards the height
[Chorus]
**OAAAH!**
**SEASONS TURN ON STAINED GEARS!**
*(Kids choir: Ooooh, through the snow, hope still glows!)*
**SEEK THE UNTAINTED, BEYOND THE VEIL OF FEARS!**
*(Mixed choir: Aaah, carry on, find the dawn!)*
**GLACIAL WINDS SCORE FLESH AND BONE!**
*(Kids choir: Hold the line, light will shine!)*
**IN THIS WHIRLWIND'S GRASP, OUR RESOLVE IS HEWN FROM STONE!**
*(Massive choir swells, layered tremolo frenzy)*
[Verse 2]
The surgeon's art decays, a plague in gilded vials
Lycanthropic grace stalks gala's hollow trials
Pale aristocrats sip vintage wine, dark red
While fevered masses writhe on sterile beds
Dawn's weak light reveals the rot they tried to mask
The noble facade crumbles, completing their task
I tread the frozen path, the sanctioned lie laid bare
The blight infects the core, corruption's in the air!
[Pre-Chorus]
An Orc's chainsaw growl, the engine drives below
Nature's Winds in a misty vertigo soar
Illusion chants, a spectral, vast expanse
Through the howling void, we grasp our final chance
[Chorus]
**OAAAH!**
**SEASONS TURN ON STAINED GEARS!**
*(Kids choir: Ooooh, through the snow, hope still glows!)*
**SEEK THE UNTAINTED, BEYOND THE VEIL OF FEARS!**
*(Mixed choir: Aaah, carry on, find the dawn!)*
**GLACIAL WINDS SCORE FLESH AND BONE!**
*(Kids choir: Hold the line, light will shine!)*
**IN THIS WHIRLWIND'S GRASP, OUR RESOLVE IS HEWN FROM STONE!**
*(Massive choir, tremolo wall, chaotic energy peaks)*
[Bridge]
**PUPILS GLINT! FAIR SKIN BLUES!**
*(Tremolo intensity doubles, blast beats accelerate)*
**THEIR CURSE IS AIRBORNE, INFECTING ALL THEY CHOOSE!**
**THE EMPIRE STAINED WITH PROMISES UNDONE!**
*(Guitars shift key abruptly, dissonant chord progression)*
**THE SAME HOUSE CRUMBLES! BENEATH A HARSHER SUN!**
*(Full stop - silence, then lone, beautiful, dreamy clean guitar melody with synth pad and distant kids choir "Ooooh")*
[Guitar Solo]
*(Tremolo-picked lead guitar emerges, melancholic yet fierce, building on the bridge's clean melody. Spring reverb tail, soaring above the returning distorted rhythm foundation. Fast, technical, emotive.)*
[Chorus]
**OAAAH!**
**SEASONS TURN ON RUSTED GEARS!**
*(Kids choir: Ooooh, through the snow, hope still glows!)*
**SEEK THE UNTAINTED, BEYOND THE VEIL OF FEARS!**
*(Mixed choir: Aaah, carry on, find the dawn!)*
**GLACIAL WINDS SCORE FLESH AND BONE!**
*(Kids choir: Hold the line, light will shine!)*
**IN THIS WHIRLWIND'S GRASP, OUR RESOLVE IS HEWN FROM STONE!**
*(Full force: Choirs, tremolo, blast beats, driving bass)*
[Outro]
*(Energy gradually fragments. Blast beats fade first, replaced by steady double bass. Guitars simplify to the core repetitive tremolo riff, drenched in reverb. Vocals become distant, ghostly shrieks buried deep. Kids choir and ambient synth pads swell one last time. The repetitive riff persists, slowly decaying under increasing layers of white noise hiss and synth drone, like a signal lost in the storm. Fades into the blizzard wind.)*
Rawkin Rolla