Core

(Verse 1) The ground slid open, a slow-motion sigh A grip I didn’t know let go from the sky Gravel in my teeth, a crack in the sound The kind of silence where there’s no more ground (Verse 2) Roots clutch my legs like they’re keeping score Memories I buried crawl up from the floor Each layer deeper feels oddly known Like sinking in marrow instead of bone (Chorus) Down to the core, where the secrets burn Every mile closer, no chance to return The center calls, a molten hymn I’m falling in, I’m falling in Down to the core, where the secrets burn Every mile closer, no chance to return The center calls, a molten hymn I’m falling in, I’m falling in (Verse 3) Rock walls ripple, they breathe, they sway The colors twist like they’ve lost their way Sweat drips upward, the rules don’t hold I’m tumbling into Earth’s oldest fold (Verse 4) A vein of gold splits the shale in two It bleeds like metal, thick and askew Echoes speak backward, they splinter and hiss Was this ever a fall, or was it a wish? (Chorus) Down to the core, where the secrets burn Every mile closer, no chance to return The center calls, a molten hymn I’m falling in, I’m falling in Down to the core, where the secrets burn Every mile closer, no chance to return The center calls, a molten hymn I’m falling in, I’m falling in (Bridge) Light turns heavy, heavy turns clear Gravity unzips like it was never here A crack in the molten, it’s shaped like me I press my hand, and it sets me free (Chorus) Down to the core, where the secrets burn Every mile closer, no chance to return The center calls, a molten hymn I’m falling in, I’m falling in Down to the core, where the secrets burn Every mile closer, no chance to return The center calls, a molten hymn I’m falling in, I’m falling in (Outro) I don’t hit bottom, I don’t touch ground The fall loops back, it turns me around The core swallows whole, it feels like skin I never stop falling, I never begin