Shadows Over Versailles

Cinematic orchestral rock, male vocals, Low strings, war drums, and distant choir in the verses; chorus explodes with wide distorted guitars, brass stabs, and stacked gang vocals, Tempo mid-slow but driving, tom-heavy fills into each hook, Bridge strips to piano and solo cello under an intimate vocal, then massive full-band reprise with soaring harmonies and cymbal swells

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[Verse 1] Marble halls still smell of smoke Boots and ink on broken oak Maps like wounds spread on the floor Drawing lines through afterwar Gold frames watch in silent rows Dust on uniforms and coats Every pen stroke Quiet blade New-born borders Old debts paid [Chorus] Shadows over Versailles Crowns and flags in a frozen sky Raise your glass Sign your name Build an empire out of blame Shadows over Versailles Every promise Every lie Hear the thunder far away We wrote tomorrow on this day [Verse 2] Men in frocks with tired eyes Count their dead in formal sighs Thirteen clauses Twenty more Steel in phrases Velvet lore "Never Never" someone swears While they sharpen future spears Photo flash The chamber glows Outside Hungry cities know [Chorus] [Bridge] In the gardens Children run Touch the cannons in the sun They don’t see the ticking fuse Hidden in the chosen rules [low vocal register] Did we trade a war for peace Or just plant a darker seed [full band hits Crescendo] Hear the ink drip Hear it roar A quiet gunshot of the war before [Chorus]

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