[Verse 1] Granite grew where the earth burned bright, Cooled its heart in the endless night. Everybody called it permanent, Like forever came in stone. But under leaves where the roots all meet, Tiny threads are in the streets, Writing cracks that no one sees, Turning mountains into memories. [Pre-Chorus] No teeth. No fire. No battle cry. Just quiet chemistry Working overtime. [Chorus] Whoa-oh! The mushrooms eat the mountains one breath at a time. With little drops of acid and impossible designs. No heroes, no explosions, no kingdom overthrown— Just little living crowbars working through the stone. If forever falls apart, it never makes a sound. The mushrooms eat the mountains So the forests can grow out. [Verse 2] Hyphae slip through hairline seams, Places no one's ever seen. Finding every crystal's weakness, Patient as a heartbeat. Pressure building cell by cell, Tiny fists beneath the shell. Every fracture opens wider, Every winter lets them inside. [Pre-Chorus] They don't want the mountain— Just the iron, just the lime. Just enough to build tomorrow, One more grain at a time. [Chorus] Whoa-oh! The mushrooms eat the mountains one breath at a time. Trading feldspar into forests by invisible design. Every broken boulder someday turns to living ground. The loudest things are sometimes just the quietest around. If forever falls apart, maybe that's how life is found. The mushrooms eat the mountains Just to pass the pieces down. [Bridge] They don't melt the stone. They teach it how to let go. Born in fire, Undone by rain, By roots, by spores, By slow, slow change. Nothing lasts because it can't. Everything lasts because it changes. [Final Chorus] Whoa-oh! The mushrooms eat the mountains, but they never eat alone. The trees are in the chorus, and the roots all know the song. Every grain of broken granite becomes somewhere life belongs. The skyline isn't dying— It's learning to move on. So here's to all the tiny things Nobody believes. The world is built by quiet hands Working underneath. The mushrooms eat the mountains
