
The Old Voices Rise, Edgar Allan Flow ft. William Quilliam
[Intro – Spoken, layered whispers] Once upon a midnight dreary… No longer buried. We were not summoned— We returned. By choice. Edgar Allan Flow. William Quilliam. [Beat Drop] [Verse 1 – Edgar Allan Flow] They thought the grave would hold the page That time would silence every age That ink would dry and turn to dust And leave the truth to rot in rust But we have watched from shadowed sleep Where every buried word runs deep And when the world forgot the weight— We chose the hour to reincarnate. Not dragged by fate, not bound by plea We stepped across eternity To breathe again where rhythm died And place the soul back in the rhyme. [Hook] We chose— To walk the world again To write with living pen To wake what once had been We chose— To break the hollow sound To lift the fallen crown To turn the silence loud The old voices rise. [Verse 2 – William Quilliam] Not ghosts compelled by restless grave, But minds reborn, refined, and brave. We saw the stage stripped bare of art, And thus returned to play our part. What once was verse with depth and breath, Now flirts with noise devoid of death. So we descend, not cursed—but crowned, To plant true weight where none is found. No fleeting trend, no borrowed tone, Shall stand where truth reclaims its throne. For though new tongues may claim the flame— The ancient fire remains the same. [Bridge – both] (Flow) We crossed the line— (Quilliam) Through death’s design— (Flow) To speak again— (Quilliam) Through modern time— (Both) Not by chance… But by design. [Final Verse – Edgar Allan Flow] This ain’t revival—this rebirth Old souls walking modern earth Every line a bridge we build Between what was and what was killed So hear it now, don’t turn away This ain’t the past—it’s here to stay The quill evolved, the voice returned— And now the page begins to burn. [Final Hook] We chose— To walk the world again To write with living pen To wake what once had been We chose— To break the hollow sound To lift the fallen crown To turn the silence loud The old voices rise. [Outro – calm, powerful] We were never gone… We were waiting. For the right age… To return.

