[Verse 1] I saw a light in the cypress trees Burning where no fire should be A pale wind whispered my name that night From a place that never sees daylight Dean said, "Don't you follow that glow" Sam said, "There's something you ought to know" But the road was calling soft and low Like a secret buried long ago [Chorus] Oh Lord... What walks in the hollow? Oh Lord... What cries in the rain? I've heard the dead And I've heard the devil But I ain't heard A sound quite the same [Verse 2] There was a church with a broken bell And a graveyard sinking into hell Names worn smooth by a hundred years Still holding sorrow, still holding tears The moon hung low like a watching eye No bird would sing and no dog would cry The air stood still, the earth turned cold And every shadow looked a hundred years old [Chorus] Oh Lord... What walks in the hollow? Oh Lord... What calls my name? I've heard the dead And I've heard the devil But I ain't heard A sound quite the same [Bridge] The ground began to shake beneath me The willow branches bent to see A woman dressed in funeral white Stepped from the darkness into the light She said, "I've waited here so long..." She said, "I've waited here so long..." [Breakdown] Don't listen to her calling Don't follow where she leads The night can wear a thousand faces And hide a thousand needs Come and stay Come and stay Come and stay Don't let her pull you under Don't let her steal the dawn The voices of the lost grow louder When hope is nearly gone [Final Chorus] Oh Lord... The thing in the hollow Oh Lord... It wears a face of grief It feeds on pain And forgotten stories And all the tears Nobody keeps [Outro] The dawn came slow through the Spanish moss Another soul no longer lost The road stretched out beneath the sun One more battle fought and won But some nights still When the wind blows through I hear that hollow Calling too...
