[Intro – Fingerpicked acoustic + melodic Hammond motif, soft toms like a heartbeat] [Verse 1 – Voice warm and grounded] The soil remembers more than men It holds each step we took, and when No monument or carved decree Just roots that learned to carry me [Verse 2 – Strings layer under, bass begins pulsing gently] I placed my name in water's bend It drifted slow, it didn't end And when I asked what still remains The wind replied in old refrains [Chorus – Vocal lifts into falsetto, flute doubles melody] Even the stones remember Where we stood, what we meant Not as echo, not as word But as shape, still present [Verse 3 – Voice + Hammond, no drums] The path is gone, the trees have grown But under leaves, the shape is known I walk it now with softer feet And carry silence where it’s sweet [Bridge – Polyphonic rise, 3-part harmony, strings climb] [Harmonies:] *We are not gone / We are not done* *We are the ground / We are the song* [Final Chorus – Full return with emotional bloom] Even the stones remember What the fire tried to bend We are footprints carved in flame And we don’t break — we mend [Outro – Guitar harmonic loop, alto flute trails away like memory lost in wind]
