Verse 1 In the silence between the towers of stone, Children danced on gravel thrones. Laughter echoed off concrete walls, But shadows moved where no one called. A whisper came with the autumn wind, “They took them — tied them in the trees again.” Small feet froze, toys dropped in the dust, A knot in the gut, betrayal of trust. Pre-Chorus Behind the swings, behind the slides, The forest mouth was open wide. Older hands with darker deeds, Dragged the weak through needled reeds. Chorus Tied beneath the pines, in silence left to rot, Bound by rope and cruel design, forgotten, left to rot. No gods watched those woods that day, Only the wind and the crows in grey. Verse 2 I saw their faces blur and pale, As stories spilled like rusted nails. Sisters wept with hidden scars, Brothers silent behind smoked cigars. I ran but stayed, I screamed but not, The terror clenched my breath and thought. A child’s world turned cold and dead, Where monsters wore the faces of men. Bridge They laughed as they tied them, In the marrow of trees, Carving youth with fear, In the bark of memories. Chorus Tied beneath the pines, in silence left to rot, Bound by rope and cruel design, forgotten, left to rot. No justice came, no blood repaid, Only the silence where they lay. Outro Now grown but haunted still, By shadows on that wind-swept hill. The knot inside has never gone, It tightens every dusk till dawn.
