The Giant That History Wants to Bury (B-side)

[Intro] Deep in the tangle where daylight drowns… a face still stares… up at the sky… [Verse 1] They found him choking slow in vine and root Stone skin exhaling humid breath Too pale for any god the jungle knew A stranger carved from foreign death His lips too thin to speak the ancient tongue Eyes lifted, drinking rivers from the sky He stood where nothing human should belong And taught the silence how to cry [Pre-Chorus] No Olmec fire, no Mayan throne Just features time will never claim [Chorus] Who carved the giant in the green? A foreign face turned toward the stars Now bullet holes devour what once had been That one old photo barely guards Real or shadow, truth or lie He lingers in that faded flame The stone that history wants to bury alive Still whispers his forgotten name [Verse 2] The camera stole him once in silver haze Sharp nose and eyes too quiet for this place Gazing through the fevered emerald blaze As if he waited for a different grace Now craters mark the mercy he once wore Where rebels taught the silence how to bleed The jungle swallowed every trace of more And left us starving for what we’ll never see [Bridge] No proof remains beneath the leaves Just echoes drifting through the mist Did wanderers cross forbidden seas Or are we scared of what we can’t dismiss? Guardian… warning… mirror… lie… The jungle drinks our questions whole Where lead rain stole his only sky And left the world a little smaller… [Chorus] Who carved the giant in the green? A foreign face turned toward the stars Now bullet holes devour what once had been That one old photo barely guards Real or shadow, truth or lie He lingers in that faded flame The stone that history wants to bury alive Still whispers his forgotten name [Outro] Deep in the tangle… he stares… at the sky… Real or shadow… whispers his name… The giant… the forgotten… (he stares… at the sky…)