Paul Shapera
The Underground
[Announcer]
And so, hunted and devoid of options, Constance heads to the tunnels beneath the city
[Police]
She went this way
Get the dogs down here!
[Choir]
The quiet, the lost, the halls forgot
The slouching engines growl
The long, dark land, the lost enchant
In the under, in the underground
Concrete deep which breathes beneath
Where half mad creatures prowl
Tribes and ones who’ve not seen the sun
In the under, in the underground
In the under, in the underground
Lost streams flow in dark below
Where eyeless sailors drown
Forgotten gods and faeries lost
In the under, in the underground
In the under, in the underground
[Announcer]
And so, stumbling through the dark labyrinths beneath the city, Constance…
[Constance]
Wait... wait... you--
[Announcer]
Finds herself pursued by--
[Constance]
Don’t... Don’t I know you?
[Announcer]
No, no. Shh, don’t break character
[Constance]
No, there was... There was... There was like, a, radio broadcast?
[Announcer]
Another life in another world, dear
[Constance]
Who are you?
[Announcer]
Whoever the story needs me to be. Now come, let’s slip back into character. Shhh
[Choir]
Cold dreams wind through feasts of blind
Fallen angels frown
The cults who’ve fled call forth the dead
In the under, in the underground
The quiet, the lost, the halls forgot
The slouching engines growl
The long, dark land, the lost enchant
In the under, in the underground
In the under, in the underground