Trought of the Arches

Verse I
Circles of silence, bending through time,
Concrete horizons, patterns align.
Footsteps awaken the glass in the floor,
Every reflection becomes something more.

Pre-Chorus
Shadows walk ahead of me,
A ghost, or a memory?
Wind in my hair,
But the air does not breathe.

Chorus
Echoes through the arches,
Endless gates of stone,
Chasing the horizon,
Where the future stands alone.
I hear the rhythm shifting,
In a labyrinth of sound,
The spiral keeps on turning,
But the center can’t be found.

Verse II
Figures dissolve at the edge of the void,
Voices of reason, easily destroyed.
The corridor sings in dissonant chords,
A symphony sculpted from silence ignored.

Bridge (jazz/prog-metal twist)
Polyrhythms clash like thunder,
Discord dances under—
The pulse of the unseen hand,
Guiding me across this land.

Instrumental suggestion:

Jazz-infused bass solo with odd meters (7/8 shifting to 5/4)

Strings swell with symphonic intensity

Guitars weave metallic arpeggios under choral voices


Final Chorus (operatic crescendo)
Echoes through the arches,
Spirals made of stone,
Every step I’m taking
Unveils what I’ve outgrown.
Time bends like a river,
Through a mirror’s broken frame,
I walk, I fall, I’m endless—
But I’ll never be the same.

Outro (whispered / fading)
“The arches are breathing…
The arches remember…”