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This composition by Genesis was created for their sixth studio album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The progressive rock band both wrote and performed the track, which became part of the album's narrative structure.
Lyrics ↗What the lyrics are about
The lyrics depict a protagonist named Rael navigating through a corridor with red carpeting where numerous people are positioned on their knees, crawling in the direction of a wooden door. Rael moves past them toward this door, which opens to reveal a table laden with a candlelit meal, and beyond that, a spiral staircase ascending into darkness.
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