Checkmate in the Red

[Вступление] [Instrumental: two-bar octave-doubled lead riff; guitars and bass enter, drums join] [Куплет 1] The hall goes still; the clock eats red One pawn behind, a price unpaid Your hand hangs over the open file You count the seconds, not the miles [Предприпев] No room to wait, no room to plead A quiet square conceals the key [Припев] Take the queen—let the whole board turn One clean loss for the win you earn You see the line they never saw A single move—and checkmate’s yours [Куплет 2] The seconds fall like measured blows You read the trap beneath the rows A bishop pinned, a king exposed You give up more than they suppose [Припев] Take the queen—let the whole board turn One clean loss for the win you earn You see the line they never saw A single move—and checkmate’s yours [Guitar solo] [Instrumental: twin-guitar lead solo] [Припев] Take the queen—let the whole board turn One clean loss for the win you earn You see the line they never saw A single move—and checkmate’s yours [Аутро] Clock stops. the room knows why. One move. no time to reply.