Celestial Sentinel

[Intro - Distant church bells, wind through ruins, then EXPLOSIVE ORCHESTRAL BLAST]
[Chanted, in Latin]
Custos caelestis... custodiam mortem...
Duremudira... libera nos a vita...

[Verse 1 - Blast beats, symphonic keyboards, guttural shrieks]
IN THE SKY CORRIDOR WHERE THE ANCIENT TOWERS CRY
A SENTINEL AWAITS BEHIND THE FROZEN DOORS
DARK BLUE SCALES LIKE TWILIGHT, EYES THAT BURN LIKE COPPER COINS
FOUR HORNS SPREAD LIKE BAT WINGS—THE GUARDIAN NEVER JOINS THE HUNT
I FREEZE THE AIR AROUND ME WITH EVERY SINGLE BREATH
MY WINGS LIKE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, PHALANGES TIGHTLY WOVEN
YOU CLIMBED FORTY FLOORS TO FIND ME—NOW YOUR HOPE IS FROZEN

[Pre-Chorus - Building, orchestral swells]
ICE... (FORMING!)
CLAWS... (STORMING!)
HUNTERS... (MOURNING!)
DUREMUDIRA! THE SKY CORRIDOR WARNING!

[Chorus - Symphonic black metal fury]
DUREMUDIRA! CELESTIAL SENTINEL!
DUREMUDIRA! FROZEN IMPERIAL!
DUREMUDIRA! GUARDIAN OF THE TOWER!
DUREMUDIRA! FEEL MY ICY POWER!

[Verse 2 - Technical, relentless]
PHASE ONE, I DART AND SLASH WITH SPEED YOU CAN'T TRACK
I BREATHE A THOUSAND ICE SHARDS, FREEZING BEAMS THAT CARVE THE STONE
YOU THINK YOU'VE HURT ME? WATCH ME RISE—THE SCREEN BEGINS TO FREEZE
THE POISON COMES, MY BODY STAINS PINK-RED, THE CORROSION TAKES HOLD
THIS POISON ISN'T NORMAL—IT CORRODES YOUR VERY SOUL

[Pre-Chorus 2]
ICE... (POISON!)
CLAWS... (TREASON!)
HUNTERS... (FREEZIN'!)
DUREMUDIRA! THE SECOND FORM IS REASON!

[Chorus]
DUREMUDIRA! CELESTIAL SENTINEL!
DUREMUDIRA! FROZEN IMPERIAL!
DUREMUDIRA! GUARDIAN OF THE TOWER!
DUREMUDIRA! FEEL MY ICY POWER!

[Bridge - Slows to a crawl, eerie clean guitars]
[Spoken, echoing]
They say I have no weakness...
[Long pause]
...they are correct.
[Band explodes back in]
AND NOW YOU LEARN
WHY THE TOWER HAS FORTY FLOORS
AND ONLY ONE GUARDIAN
AT THE TOP.

[Guitar Solo - Technical death metal, unhinged, sweeping]

[Breakdown - Mosh of the frozen]
LEFT HORN! (BAT WINGS!)
RIGHT HORN! (DEATH BRINGS!)
ICE! (CRYSTAL!)
POISON! (FATAL!)
DUREMUDIRA IS YOUR TOTAL!

[Final Chorus - Triumphant, orchestral, devastating]
DUREMUDIRA! CELESTIAL SENTINEL!
DUREMUDIRA! FROZEN IMPERIAL!
DUREMUDIRA! GUARDIAN OF THE TOWER!
DUREMUDIRA! FEEL MY—

[Outro - Sudden silence. Then frozen wind. A single chime.]
[Whispered, ancient, fading]
Forty floors you climbed...
...and at the top...
...you found me.
[Long pause]
...I was always waiting.

[Final sound - Ice cracking. Then nothing. Forever.]

Symphonic Black Metal, Nerdcore, male