Founders Falls: East of the River

Описание: ‘Founders Falls: East of the River)’ is told from the perspective of Zella, a civilian resident of The Gaspee district, living an ordinary life in one of Paragon City’s most beautiful and unsettling zones. From her daily walk to work to her evenings by the water, she moves through a city shaped by history, wealth, and quiet menace, where villain groups linger openly and heroes appear without warning, briefly disrupting the flow before vanishing again. Zella doesn’t question the logic of capes, badges, or enemies crouched on rooftops; she’s learned the rules of survival by not engaging, not staring, and keeping her routine intact. The song captures the strange calm of Founders Falls — a place where water replaces roads, the past lies submerged, and life continues in measured steps beneath a skyline built for legends rather than the people who actually live there.

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[Chorus]
In Founders Falls the water waits
Between the bridges, between the days
Something moves, then slips away
I keep my pace, I keep my way
That’s how it goes in Founders Falls

[Verse 1]
Morning drifts in off the red
Light bends wrong where the streets have fled
The Gaspee hums, a quiet hive
Windows blink like they’re alive
Blackstone hills on the far-off side
I don’t wonder what they hide

[Chorus]
In Founders Falls the water waits
Between the bridges, between the days
Something moves, then slips away
I keep my pace, I keep my way
That’s how it goes in Founders Falls

[Verse 2]
I walk to work on floating ground
Steps ring soft, then make no sound
Cray stand posted by the rail
Circle signs chalked thin and pale
You don’t stare, you don’t engage
You pass through like part of the page

[Chorus]
In Founders Falls the water waits
Between the bridges, between the days
Something moves, then slips away
I keep my pace, I keep my way
That’s how it goes in Founders Falls

[Verse 3]
High above the fountain’s spray
Files move in the usual way
Names and numbers, out and in
Boxes ticked, then ticked again
Outside, capes arrive and freeze
Staring hard at what they see

[Chorus]
In Founders Falls the water waits
Between the bridges, between the days
Something moves, then slips away
I keep my pace, I keep my way
That’s how it goes in Founders Falls

[Verse 4]
Lines of people pace the square
Same short walk, then nowhere
They stop, they run, then slow once more
Like they heard it all before
White coats flash and disappear
No one asks why they’re here

[Chorus]
In Founders Falls the water waits
Between the bridges, between the days
Something moves, then slips away
I keep my pace, I keep my way
That’s how it goes in Founders Falls

[Bridge]
They say this place is where it began
Old ground shaped by a careful hand
But the past is under the tide now
You don’t look back, you don’t ask how
Devouring Earth beyond the line
I turn away—I’m right on time

[Chorus]
In Founders Falls the water waits
Between the bridges, between the days
Something moves, then slips away
I keep my pace, I keep my way
That’s how it goes in Founders Falls

[Outro]
Evening lights on rippled streets
Dinner plans and measured beats
Tomorrow mirrors yesterday
That’s not fear—it’s just the way
We stay afloat, we don’t recall
Life moves slow
In Founders Falls