[Intro | uilleann pipes, distant tin whistle, dub bass swell, orbital static texture] (Snjókló... hold steady...) [Verse 1 | close dry vocal, low alto, one-drop reggae pocket, sparse bodhrán] Three years the war burned green to gray Three days they said, before I sailed away I left the pines still smoking in Tal'Shyra's hold Traded forest law for a Writ of gold Zyara's voice still walks these halls with me Kael'Rath's watch over the Silent Peaks I still can see Zerakh's claws taught mine to find the seam First Fang of Tal'Shyra, First Fang in my dream [Pre-Chorus | tin whistle rising, off-beat skank guitar enters, building tension] Snow on my shoulders, spots beneath my skin Copper suns are warm but they don't call me in The rank says Prefect, the writ says Huntress-class But the roots remember every mile I pass [Chorus | wide cavernous reverb, full band, uilleann pipes lead melody, anthemic dub lift] The roots remember, oh, the roots remember Northern hold fires burning through December I answer to the hunt, I answer to the law But my claws still know the shape of Tal'Shyra's jaw Ire, I carry the forest in my chest Accord Writ signed but my heart's still dressed In the green and the white and the lavender spore The roots remember what the stars are for [Verse 2 | dub delay on vocal tail, low alto, dry and grounded] I've boarded pirate hulks in the Kepler black Read a Sovereignty Breach and I wrote it back in law I've worn the Huntress mark, hunted men who broke the peace But nothing hunts me quieter than home, at night, in sleep The mercenary armor had a seam, I found it young Teenage claws through steel, before the songs were sung Lazaan offered me the stars, I said yes too fast Never asked if leaving heals, or only holds the past [Pre-Chorus 2 | tin whistle, building tension, bodhrán double-time] Snjókló runs the black lanes, two days out from home Emergency Writ Bench keeps me far from Tal'Shyra's loam The General Assembly debates while the forest heals slow The roots don't ask permission, they just grow, they just grow [Chorus | wide cavernous reverb, full band, anthemic dub lift, layered harmony stack] The roots remember, oh, the roots remember Northern hold fires burning through December I answer to the hunt, I answer to the law But my claws still know the shape of Tal'Shyra's jaw Ire, I carry the forest in my chest Accord Writ signed but my heart's still dressed In the green and the white and the lavender spore The roots remember what the stars are for [Bridge | breakdown, half-time drums, uilleann pipes solo, sparse dub bass, sung with raw vulnerable weight] (spoken word, weathered, quiet) "Forest law says: protect what cannot run." "Accord law says: protect what cannot vote." "Conscience says..." [Vulnerable] Conscience says go home Conscience says go home Just once, before the hunt calls again [Instrumental Break | uilleann pipes and tin whistle trade the melody over dub bass and skank guitar, orbital static fading in and out, 8 bars] [Final Chorus | Energy: High, full band, stacked harmonies, anthemic dub lift, crowd-style vocal layer on "roots remember"] The roots remember, oh, the roots remember Northern hold fires burning through December I answer to the hunt, I answer to the law But my claws still know the shape of Tal'Shyra's jaw Ire, I carry the forest in my chest Accord Writ signed but my heart's still dressed In the green and the white and the lavender spore The roots remember, the roots remember, the roots remember more [Outro | fade out, tin whistle and uilleann pipes trading final phrases, dub delay tail, distant orbital static, end within 20 seconds] (Starfall... answering...) (two days... and I'm home...)
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