[HAUNTING]
I AM THE SHADOW, THE SILENT TIDE,
THE LAST BREATH TAKEN WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE.
A VOW UNBROKEN, OLDER THAN TIME,
I’M THE FATE YOU CANNOT CLIMB.
[FIRST MOVEMENT – UNEASY STILLNESS, MID-TEMPO, HEAVY GUITAR THRUM]
A SINGLE STEP, THE FINAL DOOR,
YOU’VE WALKED THIS PATH COUNTLESS BEFORE.
THE REAPER WAITS IN EVERY HALL,
A SILENT WITNESS TO YOUR FALL.
NO PLEA, NO WORD, NO CHANCE TO RUN,
IN THE GRIP OF DEATH, YOUR TIME IS DONE.
A COLD EMBRACE, A BONE-WHITE GRIN,
THE DARKNESS REACHES DEEP WITHIN.
[SECOND MOVEMENT – BUILDING INTENSITY, THE MARCH OF INEVITABILITY]
EVERY BEAT OF YOUR HEART, A COUNTDOWN TICK,
THE RHYTHM OF LIFE, A WICKED TRICK.
YOU THOUGHT YOU’D ESCAPE, YOU THOUGHT YOU’D WIN,
BUT IN THE END, YOU FALL TO SIN.
IN THE GRAVEYARD SILENCE, IN THE SHADOWS’ SPREAD,
THE REAPER LINGERS, THE BRINGER OF DREAD.
A BLACKENED HOOD, A FACE UNKNOWN,
THE FINAL STEP TO THE LAND OF BONE.
[SPIRAL DESCENT – CHAOTIC AND HEAVY, FAST-PACED BREAKDOWN]
NO MORTAL POWER CAN TURN HIM AWAY,
HE COMES FOR ALL, HE’S HERE TO STAY.
A SWIRL OF MADNESS, A BLUR OF FATE,
YOU’RE DRAWN INTO HIS BLACKENED GATE.
THE CRY OF SOULS, A VICTORY SOUND,
THE REAPER LAUGHS, THE FINAL ROUND.
IN RIVERS OF ASH AND COLD, DEAD EARTH,
DEATH CLAIMS ALL IN HIS UNHOLY WORTH.
[SOFTENING WHISPER – SHADOWS CREEPING IN]
THERE IS NO PAIN IN HIS GRIP SO FIRM,
JUST ENDLESS SILENCE, AN ENDLESS TERM.
A PLACE OF REST, WHERE NONE CAN FLEE,
DEATH’S FINAL GIFT, ETERNITY.
[THIRD MOVEMENT – RETURN TO STILLNESS, SLOW AND DOOM-LADEN]
A PEACE UNKNOWN IN HIS SHADOWED VEIL,
NO MORE SORROW, NO MORE TRAIL.
THE REAPER WAITS FOR ALL WHO ROAM,
AND IN HIS GRASP, WE FIND OUR HOME.
YOU LIVE IN FEAR, YOU BREATHE AND SIGH,
BUT IN THE END, WE ALL MUST DIE.
HE HOLDS NO GRUDGE, NO HATE, NO FAME,
HE CLAIMS US ALL JUST THE SAME.
[THE FINAL HOUR – A FADING CHORD, ECHOING OUT]
AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT LAST DARK BREATH,
YOU’LL FEEL THE GRIP OF QUIET DEATH.
NO JUDGMENT PASSED, NO WORDS OF SCORN,
JUST PEACE IN DARKNESS, FOREVER WORN.