[Verse 1- Clean, delayed guitar plucking a cold, precise melody. Vocals are soft, almost shivering.]
You ruled the silence of the frozen lake
A sovereign statue with no heart to break
You stood majestic in the winter light
A Queen of Ice, amidst the white snow bright
But seasons change, and crowns begin to tilt
I feel the frost begin to wilt.
[Interlude- Instrumental only. Drums enter with a complex, syncopated groove. The clean guitars layer up, harmonizing with an intricate tapping lead that sounds like falling ice crystals.]
[Verse 2- Distortion kicks in, but it's tight and staccato. Bass is prominent and punchy.]
The temperature is rising in the throne room
Your frozen scepter mimicking a bloom
You cast a chill just to watch me react
But royal hierarchy is not a fact
It’s fluid now, you’re slipping through the grates
Dissolving everything your reign creates.
[Chorus- Huge, soaring melody. Open chords with a lead melody soaring over top.]
You were a Queen of Ice, amidst the white snow
But now the summer wind begins to blow
The moment that it gets too hard to hold
You melt away, and leave the palace cold
Yeah, we melt away...
And now my heart is absolute zero.
[Breakdown- Tempo drops to half-time. Extremely heavy, low-tuned guitars chugging a jarring rhythm.]
THE CROWN IS DROPPING!
[Sub-bass boom]
LIQUID STATE!
[Guitar screech mimicking a siren]
WE CAN'T RETAIN THE SHAPE!
[Silence]
FREEZE!
[Brutal, slow chug]
RETURN TO ICE! RETURN TO THE THRONE!
[Interlude- heavy bass instrumental goes on for a minute, with a dreamy synth wave building the tempo before slowing down into the verse]
[Verse 3- The tempo speeds up. The drums play a driving, anxious beat. The guitars are jagged and urgent.]
The pristine white has turned to ugly grey
The slush is rising up to wash your reign away
I’m begging for a blizzard, begging for the frost
To cover up the ruin of the paradise we lost
[Vocals shift from singing to a desperate yell]
I’d rather bow to ice than feel this burning sun
I’d rather you be frozen than come undone!
[Music swelling]
So lower the temperature...
[Screamed]: LOWER THE TEMPERATURE!
[Interlude- The heavy guitars fade into an ambient synthesizer drone. A heartbeat sound pulses underneath.]
(It’s getting colder...)
(It’s getting harder...)
As hard as ice, as cold as snow
My Queen of Ice, I didn't know
Crack the skies, trace the clouds
Blinded by white, when is now?
Melt in my arms, but don't fade
How did this love, turn into hate?
Melt....
Melt....
Melt....
MELT!
[Chorus- Explosive return to energy. Double-kick drumming.]
You were a Queen of Ice, amidst the white snow
But now the summer wind begins to blow
The moment that it gets too hard to hold
You melt away, and leave the palace cold
[Screamed]
ABSOLUTE ZERO!
[Instrumental Outro- Heavy bass riffs drop, drums syncopate. The guitars hit a mathrock speed and crazy tremolo. It is just the drums playing a frantic, jazz-fusion beat and the bass guitar taking center stage.]