**[Intro]**
*(The track opens with a low, vibrating drone. A metallic clanging—like a hammer on a forge—echoes in a vast cathedral. A choir begins a dissonant, wordless hum in a minor key.)*
**[Verse 1: Spoken / Harsh Whisper]**
In the gut of the spire, where the light fears to tread,
We walk the grey catwalks, the paths of the dead.
The air tastes of ozone, of incense and rust,
The prayers of a billion are ground into dust.
Can you hear the rotation? The heart of the world?
In the darkness of Tertium, the banners unfurl.
**[Pre-Chorus: Choral - High Gothic]**
*Sanguis...*
*Ferrum...*
*Omnissiah...*
*Exterminatus...*
**[Chorus: Grand Choral & Heavy Industrial Synth]**
*(The beat drops: a massive, distorted synth bass mimics the 'Nightsider' lead)*
We are the shadows that serve the Golden Throne!
(Steel and bone! Steel and bone!)
The fuel for the furnace, the seeds that were sown!
(Blood alone! Blood alone!)
Through the smoke and the static, the litany cries,
Under the gaze of a thousand cold eyes.
Nightsiders waking, the Emperor’s light—
Is a flickering candle in eternal night!
**[Verse 2: Rhythmic / Percussive]**
*(The music strips back to a driving, mechanical percussion—sounds of pistons and hissing steam)*
Hydraulics.
Screaming.
The cogitator bleeds.
Feeding the hunger of the machine’s ancient needs.
The heretic whispers, the mutant draws breath,
We trade our salvation for a meaningful death.
Purity through agony.
Grace through the grind.
Leave the mercy of the daylight behind.
**[Bridge: Deep Bass Vocals / Chanting]**
*(The music slows down into an atmospheric, eerie Gothic space)*
(Deep voice) *The machine spirit is restless...*
(Choir) *Kyrie Eleison...*
(Deep voice) *The oil is our chrism...*
(Choir) *Gloria in Excelsis...*
(Deep voice) *The bolter is our word...*
**[Build-up]**
*(Electronic glitching increases. The "Nightsider" synth rhythm returns, layering faster and louder)*
The vox-caster screams!
The darkness arrives!
The price of the vigil is a trillion lives!
FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE!
**[Final Chorus: Maximum Intensity]**
We are the shadows that serve the Golden Throne!
(Steel and bone! Steel and bone!)
The fuel for the furnace, the seeds that were sown!
(Blood alone! Blood alone!)
Through the smoke and the static, the litany cries,
Under the gaze of a thousand cold eyes.
Nightsiders waking, the Emperor’s light—
Is a flickering candle in eternal night!
**[Outro]**
*(The drums cut out. Only a haunting, solo soprano voice remains over a fading industrial hum)*
*Ave Imperator...*
*In tenebris...*
*Luceat...*
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