INTRO – THE GATHERING
Distant didgeridoo drone — tief, erdig, bedrohlich.
Slow tabletop percussion begins: BOOM — tak — BOOM — tak — BOOM
Dudelsack enters with a long, mournful sustained phrase.
Didgeridoo grows louder.
Metal guitar feedback rises underneath.
BOOM — BOOM — BOOM!
VERSE 1
They carved their verdict deep across each door,
called us a plague they could no longer ignore.
They built their walls to keep our kind away,
then watched contempt turn into pure dismay.
We vanished past the districts left behind,
where crooked alleys swallowed humankind.
Among forgotten ruins, something stirred,
and ancient creatures gathered without a word.
CHORUS
FEAR US!
You forged the horror lurking underneath,
FEAR US!
You taught the hunted how to bare its teeth.
FEAR US!
We are the consequence you can't erase,
FEAR US!
The nightmare standing in your sacred place.
GUITAR SOLO I – „THE AWAKENING“
Fast, aggressive Metal guitar solo.
Didgeridoo continues underneath as a low drone.
Tabletop percussion follows the guitar rhythm.
Final guitar bend → sudden silence.
VERSE 2
A wolf emerged beneath the fractured moon,
its amber gaze declaring judgment soon.
A hollow figure dragged itself upright,
while violet currents split the velvet night.
No claws were raised, no savage cry was heard,
the gathered beasts obeyed a silent word.
Then purple lightning coursed beneath our skin,
and something buried finally let us in.
CHORUS
FEAR US!
You forged the horror lurking underneath,
FEAR US!
You taught the hunted how to bare its teeth.
FEAR US!
We are the consequence you can't erase,
FEAR US!
The nightmare standing in your sacred place.
(GUITAR SOLO II – „THE HUNT“
Machine-gun rhythm guitars.
Dudelsack takes the main melodic motif.
Lead guitar answers the bagpipe.
Didgeridoo pulses underneath.
Tabletop percussion becomes tribal and increasingly frantic.
Guitar and Dudelsack collide in a massive final phrase.)
VERSE 3
We crossed the gates that once denied our kind,
with every creature following behind.
The architects of exile waited there,
and saw their own creation standing bare.
No plea remained, no mercy left to earn,
we brought the lesson they refused to learn.
They cast us out and prayed we'd disappear,
now every monster they created stands near.
CHORUS
FEAR US!
You forged the horror lurking underneath,
FEAR US!
You taught the hunted how to bare its teeth.
FEAR US!
We are the consequence you can't erase,
FEAR US!
The nightmare standing in your sacred place.
(GUITAR SOLO III – „FEAR US"
The biggest solo of the song.
Starts with a slow, sinister Metal guitar melody.
Didgeridoo enters underneath.
Dudelsack joins with a haunting counter-melody.
Tabletop percussion builds relentlessly.
Guitar accelerates into screaming bends, harmonics and rapid runs.
FULL BAND HIT!
BREAKDOWN)
FEAR US!
YOU FORGED US!
YOU CAST US OUT!
YOU WOKE THE BEAST!
YOU LET IT OUT!
NO MORE MERCY!
NO MORE DOUBT
NOW FACE US
(Final gigantic guitar hit.
Dudelsack sustains one last note.
Didgeridoo fades silent)