[Verse 1- Clean, delayed guitar plucking a cold, precise melody. Vocals are soft, almost shivering.]
We built a kingdom on a frozen lake
Where the silence was the only vow we’d make
It looked so perfect in the winter light
A pale illusion that survived the night
But seasons change, and shadows start to shift
I feel the ground begin to drift.
[Interlude- Instrumental only. Drums enter with a complex, syncopated groove. The clean guitars layer up, harmonizing with a 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 room
Every argument is mimicking a bloom
You turn the heat up just to watch me react
But structural integrity is not a fact
It’s fluid now, we’re slipping through the grates
Dissolving everything the winter creates.
[Chorus- Huge, soaring melody. Open chords with a lead melody soaring over top.]
We were beautiful until the heatwave came
Now we’re just water washing down the drain
The moment that it gets too hard to hold
We melt away, and leave the center 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 thaw IS violent!
[Sub-bass boom]
LIQUID STATE!
[Guitar screech mimicking a siren]
WE CAN'T retain THE SHAPE!
[Silence]
FREEZE!
[Brutal, slow chug]
TURN TO ice! TURN TO STONE!
[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 choke the words we say
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 be numb than feel this burning sun
I’d rather 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
The loveliest thing 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.]
We were beautiful until the heatwave came
Now we’re just water washing down the drain
The moment that it gets too hard to hold
We melt away, and leave the center 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.]
Atlantica
