Hat of the Crown, Salt of the Wound [NDC TT] by Roggert

[Verse]
Dragged through fog, a foreign throne,
Cobblestone gods, all carved in bone
Black hats grin, protectors of the law,
Their empty, hollow stares — I once saw.

Towering guards, statues of wrath,
Marching puppets, souls gone past
Double-deckers split the skies,
While I looked up with demon eyes

[Chorus]
"Cursed be the salt that killed my feast!"
"Cursed be the bile from the belly-beast!"
A kingdom of toys, of filth and rain —
My crown fell to the tracks of pain!

[Refrain]
Aaauuooo..!
Hat of the Crown! (Salt of the Wound!)

[Verse]
The Tube roared like Satan’s gate,
And Death reached out with a stranger’s fate
My sacred crown — the cap I wore —
Dragged to Hell on the tunnel floor!

But through the smoke, a god arose,
With silver beard and deathless pose
Grandfather’s wrath defied the curse,
He leapt for cloth — or something worse

[Bridge]
He faced the steel snake’s hungry breath
To cheat the jaws of underground death
And I, with eyes so wide and torn,
Watched rebirth in the early morn

[Chorus]
"Cursed be the salt that killed my feast!"
"Cursed be the bile from the belly-beast!"
London laughed while I cried in vain —
A kingdom of ash and childlike pain!

[Refrain]
Aaauuooo..!
Hat of the Crown! (Salt of the Wound!)

[Breakdown]
An army of ducks...
A park of lies...
A woman called aunt...
...who vanished with time

[Verse]
The bus, a crypt — my stomach turned
From joy to rot, my fate was burned
We stepped off into grey despair,
And missed the world that danced elsewhere

[Final Chorus]
"Cursed be the salt that killed my feast..."
"And the toystore dreams that never ceased"
Blood on the cobble, bile on the throne —
I was a child... but I walked alone

[Outro]
Aaauuooo..!
Hat of the Crown!

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[Intro] "I remember the hats first… tall, black… I saw policemen with no eyes... My aunt… the ducks… the salt shaker exploded… And Grandpa… he jumped onto the tracks. Everything stank… but I smiled. Four years old… and the world was already rotten." [Verse] Dragged through fog, a foreign throne, Cobblestone gods, all carved in bone Black hats grin, protectors of the law, Their empty, hollow stares — I once saw. Towering guards, statues of wrath, Marching puppets, souls gone past Double-deckers split the skies, While I looked up with demon eyes [Chorus] "Cursed be the salt that killed my feast!" "Cursed be the bile from the belly-beast!" A kingdom of toys, of filth and rain — My crown fell to the tracks of pain! [Refrain] Aaauuooo..! Hat of the Crown! (Salt of the Wound!) [Verse] The Tube roared like Satan’s gate, And Death reached out with a stranger’s fate My sacred crown — the cap I wore — Dragged to Hell on the tunnel floor! But through the smoke, a god arose, With silver beard and deathless pose Grandfather’s wrath defied the curse, He leapt for cloth — or something worse [Bridge] He faced the steel snake’s hungry breath To cheat the jaws of underground death And I, with eyes so wide and torn, Watched rebirth in the early morn [Chorus] "Cursed be the salt that killed my feast!" "Cursed be the bile from the belly-beast!" London laughed while I cried in vain — A kingdom of ash and childlike pain! [Refrain] Aaauuooo..! Hat of the Crown! (Salt of the Wound!) [Breakdown] An army of ducks... A park of lies... A woman called aunt... ...who vanished with time [Verse] The bus, a crypt — my stomach turned From joy to rot, my fate was burned We stepped off into grey despair, And missed the world that danced elsewhere [Final Chorus] "Cursed be the salt that killed my feast..." "And the toystore dreams that never ceased" Blood on the cobble, bile on the throne — I was a child... but I walked alone [Outro] Aaauuooo..! Hat of the Crown!

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