The Map of Streets (Thames of Blood)

[Intro – Spoken Word over Music Box and Distant Rain] "London. The Thames has risen. The rain never stops. And somewhere in the alleyways... they're still singing." [Verse 1 – Clean Vocals, Melodic Guitar Arpeggios, Orchestral Swells] By the map of streets, I walk alone, Where the Thames has flooded in the storm's cold moan. On every face that passes by my way, I see no strength — I see no joy at play. [Verse 2 – Clean Vocals, Building Intensity, Choir Stabs] Suddenly, the screaming breaks the air — The pain of every age is hidden there. Beneath their symphony, the laws are spun, By chosen "fathers" — kingdom overrun. [Pre-Chorus – Layered Clean Vocals, Rising Strings] And the bronze cry of the bells so dread, Thickens the darkness at the white church's head. The dying moan of soldiers' final breath, Turns the sacred ground to crimson red — to death. [Chorus – Explosive, Screamed and Clean Layered, Full Orchestra] AND IN THE DARK ALLEYWAY, I HEAR THE SOUND! The fallen woman's venom laugh, the chaos unbound. INFANTS TURNED TO FEASTING MEAT — A GRISLY CROWN! And all the newlyweds — to ash, to dust, to underground! [Bridge – Clean Vocals, Soft Piano, Then Building Horror] The bells... the bells... They ring for whom? For the child in the womb? For the bride in the groom's tomb? [Breakdown – Guttural Screams, Crushing Riffs, Orchestral Stabs] MAP OF STREETS! RIVER OF NIGHT! NO STRENGTH! NO JOY! NO LIGHT! FATHERS FEED ON INFANT FLESH! BRIDES AND GROOMS TURN TO ASH! (Tempo slows — heavy, slamming) CRY! FOR! THE! BELLS! CRY! FOR! THE! DEAD! THE THAMES IS RED — THE THAMES IS RED — THE THAMES IS RED! [Outro – Clean Vocals, Music Box Returns, Rain] (Soft, mournful, fading) By the map of streets, I walk alone... Where the Thames has flooded... in the storm's cold moan... ................................................. Песня по мотивам стихотворения У. Блейка "Лондон"