An alternative Victorian 'Gothic' mystery. "Watson, have you got your service revolver?" "Yes Holmes and it's loaded" "That mad-man Moriarty plans to bring down the government and possibly the whole of the Empire. He must be stopped".
goth
atmospheric
mystery
dangerous
sepia wave
claustrophobic
Story behind the song
Master criminal Professor Moriarty must be stopped.
Lyrics
Danger At The Heart Of The Empire David A Briggs (c) 2023
There's danger, at the heart of the empire.
There's a stranger, behind each door.
Hollow men, with turned-up collars,
leave 'devices', underneath my floor.
Dark angels, plot to change the system,
their patience is wearing thin.
A foggy night and the lamp on the corner.
Is there someone there? I just can't tell.
Across the street in a dark old building
is a mad-man in a padded cell.
Dark angels, work to change the system,
their patience is wearing thin.
Other worlds under and above us.
Time-lines merge, at the mirror's edge.
Don't despair, help is coming,
don't check-out, don't leap off that ledge.
guitar solo:
There's danger, at the heart of the empire.
There's a stranger, behind each door.
There's danger, at the heart of the empire.
There's a stranger, knocking on my door.
There's danger, at the heart of the empire.
There's a stranger, behind each door.
ad-lib ending