(Gothic Rock Anthem – Book of Joshua) Intro (spoken, with echo): Seven days we marched in silence… Seven trumpets called the storm. Faith and fury — hand in hand. And the walls… came down. Verse 1: Dust in the dawn, blood on the stone, Children of fire, calling home. The city sleeps beneath the vow, The chosen rise — who’s righteous now? The ark of promise, veiled in flame, The priests cry out His holy name. But when the trumpet splits the sky, Even angels dare not fly. Chorus: The trumpets cried, the walls came down, But silence crowned the sacred ground. Glory fades to shadow’s breath, Salvation dressed in robes of death. The trumpets cried, the walls came down — And heaven turned its eyes around. Verse 2: Smoke on the wind, the banners torn, The holy victors, the damned reborn. A vow of blood, a covenant sealed, Yet mercy dies upon the field. The scarlet thread, the burning gate, No sinner left to plead their fate. For every stone the faithful throw, A seed of sorrow starts to grow. Chorus: The trumpets cried, the walls came down, But silence crowned the sacred ground. Glory fades to shadow’s breath, Salvation dressed in robes of death. The trumpets cried, the walls came down — And heaven turned its eyes around. Bridge (chant-like, with echoing choir): March on, march on — in holy fire, Seven days to feed desire. Blow the horn, the earth shall quake, But faith is all the fools can take. Final Chorus: The trumpets cried, the walls came down, The victors kneel, the lost are found. But every stone that marked their fame, Still whispers low — a cursed name. The trumpets cried, the walls came down — And only ghosts remain in town. Outro (spoken, fading): “They said it was victory… But the echoes… sound like grief.”
