IT STILL WAKES [Intro – 0:00–0:08] (Whisper • intimate) I thought it was done— But still it shifts. ⸻ [Verse 1 – 0:08–0:36] (Haunted folk ballad) Thou left me there with cinder and with frost, Bare bone, black stone, all the spell lost. But every night I feel it rise, Like a river threading out the urn. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – 0:36–0:52] (Quiet intensity) I sought to hide it ’neath my flesh, ’Neath chapel bells, ’neath saints that left. Yet silence only feeds the sin, And mine own hands still know thy mind. ⸻ [Chorus 1 – 0:52–1:20] (Stronger • restrained) It still wakes, When I speak into the hall alone. I shake loose, And the marble answers, cracking, shifting. It still wakes, In the place beneath my skin. I don’t break— I let the deeper work begin. ⸻ [Instrumental – 1:20–1:32] ⸻ [Verse 2 – 1:32–2:00] (Haunted folk ballad) I cross the veil with my head held high, Same old cloak, same dark night sky. But every glance, every shuttered stare, Lays a hex upon the air. I pass as though I’ve passed before, And every door recalls once more. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2 – 2:00–2:16] (Quiet intensity) I’d still seek to hide it ’neath my flesh, ’Neath chapel bells, ’neath saints that left. Yet silence only feeds the sin, And mine own hands still know thy mind. ⸻ [Chorus 2 – 2:16–2:44] (Growing strain • restrained) It still wakes, Though I whisper soft and low. The floor cracks wide, Still shadows won’t shelter me. It still wakes, Marble pillars witnessed thee. I stand still— It weaves a dark charm in me. ⸻ [Bridge – 2:44–3:06] (Barely holding together) I don’t miss you— I miss the girl before the noose was set. Before they came and took thy breath, Before my head was filled with death. Before these hands forgot their rest, Before the waking in my chest. ⸻ [Final Chorus – 3:06–3:34] (Quiet conviction) It still wakes, You never asked me once to lie. Cursed is the truth, Though solemn bells rang long and low. It still wakes, In the place beneath my skin. I may break— Yet still I bear what wakes within. ⸻ [Outro – 3:34–3:45] (Whisper) It still wakes…
