[Intro — Whispered]
Beneath an iron moon, the bellows breathe,
Cold copper sky, the catacombs seethe.
Fingers of smoke curl from the grate,
Shadowborn whisper — open fate.
[Verse 1 — Low Growl]
Under forged moons, the gutters steam,
Rust and velvet stitched to dream.
Chains of lathe bite leather skin,
Iron teeth grind, the rite begins.
Clockwork lungs inhale the night,
Brass ribs clench, release the blight.
Cobblestone veins, oil runs thin,
Shadowborn pulse beneath the din.
[Pre-Chorus — Clean, low]
Hear the city hold its breath,
Silence folding like a wreath.
Tender voice inside the rust,
Turns the hurt to something just.
[Chorus — Full Scream / High Endpoint]
Shadowborn ascension, rend the iron clasp! (Scream)
Pierce the vault of torment, tear the seal and grasp! (Scream)
Growls of midnight thunder, fracture through the sky! (Scream)
Shadowborn — we burn the vaults of night, we never die! (Scream)
[Verse 2 — Low Growl]
Veins of obsidian, slick with coal,
Lanterns drown in the forges’ hole.
Temple of rivets, arch of bone,
Hammers fall where faith is sewn.
Whorled dust clings to knuckle and cloak,
Feral prayers in iron smoke.
Each bolt turned tight becomes a scar,
Shadowborn marked by the brazen bar.
[Pre-Chorus — Clean, rising]
Under arches, whispers climb,
A softer syllable to time.
Call it ruin, call it home,
Call the lost ones back from stone.
[Chorus — Full Scream]
Shadowborn ascension, rend the iron clasp! (Scream)
Pierce the vault of torment, tear the seal and grasp! (Scream)
Growls of midnight thunder, fracture through the sky! (Scream)
Shadowborn — we burn the vaults of night, we never die! (Scream)
[Bridge — Whispered then Clean then Scream (Narrative Climax)]
(Whispered)
In the hall where crowns collect their dust,
A blackened throne of rot and rust.
(Clean, intimate)
I find the crown — a colded bone,
Ornate with teeth that stole the moan.
I pluck the blackened crown from bone,
And feel the iron sing, my own.
(Screamed)
I tear the sigils, crack the ring,
Unbind the doom the ancients bring!
From fractured skull and hollowed throne,
Shadowborn rise to seize the stone!
[Instrumental Break — Progressive Shift]
(Complex shifting riffs, 7/8 passage, grinding breakdown, then 5/4 sweep)
(Guitar lead: metallic arpeggios over polyrhythmic bass)
[Final Chorus — Half-Clean/Half-Scream Harmony, Triumphant]
Shadowborn ascension, rend the iron clasp! (Clean + Scream)
Pierce the vault of torment, tear the seal and grasp! (Clean + Scream)
Shadowborn, our teeth like anvils, strike the vaulted sky! (Scream)
We burn the vaults of night — Shadowborn, alive, we rise! (Scream + Harmony)
[Outro — Whispered Fade / Growl Echo]
(Whispered)
From ash to bell to bleeding seam,
We stitch the city back to dream.
(Low Growl, fading)
Shadowborn... shadowborn... the iron breath remains.
Shadowborn... shadowborn... blood on copper veins.
(Final whispered motif)
Shadowborn — the end becomes the forge.
Shadowborn — the night becomes our gorge.
