[INTRO]

(12-string acustic guitar arpeggio, fretless bass slide, soft rim-click drums)

[Narration]

(Spoken male)

“And when He opened the fifth seal,

I saw under the altar the souls…”

[VERSE 1]

(Clean guitar, male vocal)

Under the altar, robes of white

Martyrs slain for the word they kept

Their blood still cries through endless night

“How long, O Lord, until You wept?”

Each drop a prayer, each scar a song

The silence stretches far too long

[REFRAIN 1] –

( Simple harmony, male and soft female vocal)

How long… must the faithful wait?

How long… till You set the date?

Souls beneath the altar cry…

[Solo 1]

(Lead Guitar, melodic, Clean ton, slow bends and vibrato)

[VERSE 2]

(Bass and drum enter, Male vocal)

White robes given, rest awhile

Until the number is fulfilled

Brothers, sisters in the trial

Their voices never will be stilled

The world still spins in blind disdain

But heaven counts each drop of pain

[REFRAIN 2]

(Vocal male and female duet)

How long… must the faithful wait?

How long… till vengeance breaks?

Souls beneath the altar cry…

“How long?”

[BREAKDOWN]

(12-string acoustic + fretless bass sliding fills)

[VERSE 3]

I saw a widow clutch her child

A preacher silenced, undefiled

Their eyes still burn with holy fire

The fifth seal fuels the funeral pyre

[Solo 2]

(Lead guitar emotive, Overdrive clean, ascending melody)

[PRE-CHORUS]

(CLIMAX – POWER LIFT, 135 BPM, C major, Full drums + gang + 20-voice simple choir)

The throne will shake, the answer comes

The Lamb will dry the martyrs’ drums

Vengeance rides on wings of light

The fifth seal turns the endless night!

[REFRAIN FINAL]

(duet male and female + gang + choir)

HOW LONG? – THE BLOOD WILL SPEAK!

HOW LONG? – NO MORE WEAK!

SOULS BENEATH THE ALTAR RISE!

THE LAMB WILL OPEN PARADISE!

[OUTRO]

(12-string reprise, bass fade, single cymbal swell, silence)

[END OF TRACK]