Judgement

(Intro)
(Distorted, chugging guitar riff starts low and builds intensity. A feedback screech leads into a heavy, palm-muted rhythm.)

(Verse 1)
You keep your eyes shut, walking through the night
Ignoring the truth, running from the light
You think the clock stops when you draw your breath
But there’s a second sting, the second death
The book is open, but you leave it on the shelf
Trapped in the shadow of your own self
You’re counting seconds in a hollow race
While the gavel falls in a holy place!

(Chorus)
It’s a warning—can you hear the sound?
The weight of the silence, the shattering ground!
Four trumpets scream as the heavens expand,
And the earth crumbles down into nothing but sand!
The story is written, the truth is now told—
Don’t look away, and don’t be controlled!
The path that you’re walking is the path you will dread,
Before the kingdom gates seal on the dead!

(Verse 2)
They say "I'm righteous," they say "I'm fine"
But you’re crossing over every sacred line
The greedy, the liars, the pride in the vein
You’re building a throne on a mountain of pain
You fear the man who can break your bone
But not the One sitting on the Great White Throne
He holds the spirit, He holds the key
To the chains that bind, or the soul set free!

(Bridge)
(Tempo slows down to a heavy, sludge-metal crawl)
It’s a fearful thing...
To fall into the hands of the living King
Away from the glory, away from the grace
Lost in the void of a nameless place
(Guitar solo: Screeching, chaotic, high-pitched bends, building tension)
NO LIGHT! NO REST!
THE FIRE DOESN’T DIE!
THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH, AND IT’S DO OR DIE!

(Chorus)
It’s a warning—can you hear the sound?
The weight of the silence, the shattering ground!
Four trumpets scream as the heavens expand,
And the earth crumbles down into nothing but sand!
The story is written, the truth is now told—
Don’t look away, and don’t be controlled!
The path that you’re walking is the path you will dread,
Before the kingdom gates seal on the dead!

(Outro)
(Rhythm guitar slams hard on every beat)
The book is open! (Open!)
The time is thin! (Thin!)
Will you wash your heart?
Or stay in your sin?
(Music cuts abruptly to silence)

male, metal, power metal, progressive power metal