[Verse 1] [low, whispered baritone with restrained intensity] The hemlocks are leaning, they’re whispering your name And the soil is tasting the salt of your shame You’re tripping on roots, you’re losing your breath In a game of pursuit that’s a flirtation with death I can smell the adrenaline, the musk of the fear While the silence of midnight is all you can hear. [Pre-Chorus] [slowly build tension, layered whispers behind the lead] You left a trail of panic, a shimmering line A digital heartbeat, a ghost in the pine You thought you could vanish, slip through the haze But I’ve mapped out the exits of this velvet maze. [Chorus] [full band explodes with soaring vocals ] Run ‘til your lungs burn, run ‘til you break I’m the shadow you cast, the breath that I take I’ve got you tagged, I can feel where you tread A shimmering wire, a silver-spun thread And when the chase ends and the distance goes thin That’s where the worship and the wreckage begin. [Verse 2] [intimate and controlled, almost conversational] I’ll find you shivering under the boughs Where the wind is the only thing making its vows I’ll press you back hard against the rough, ancient bark Two silhouettes merging in the belly of dark I’ll bind your wrists gentle, a knot made of vine Until every shiver is synced up with mine. [Bridge] [spoken word menace that grows into a scream] Go ahead, scream to the moon, let the forest ignite But the valley is hollow, and the stars are too slight Nobody is coming, no one hears the sound Of a temple collapsing on this hallowed ground. I’ll take my sweet time, I’ll dismantle the pride There is nowhere left for a heartbeat to hide. [Guitar Solo emotional, / Instrumental Break - Heavy, distorted, slow tempo] [Yell and echo] I AM THE HUNTER AND YOU ARE THE............ [pause] [yell and echo] PREYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! [breakdown slow, crushing riffs] [Outro] [strip back to piano, ambience, and whispered final lines before ending on a sustained guitar chord] Submit every inch, let the surrender take hold A story of hunger, centuries old I’ll treat your devotion like a shrine to deface Leaving nothing but echoes in this desolate place. Tonight you are mine. Tonight you are mine.
