(Verse 1) They packed their bags one final time, With boots and maps and dreams that rhyme. Hunter said, “The signs are near,” Levi smiled, “This is our year.” The forest called, the shadows deep, The secrets there they’d sworn to keep. But skies turned red, the wind grew wild, And nature raged like a reckless child. (Verse 2) Flames like dragons tore the sky, Trees fell hard, the smoke climbed high. They ran through ash, through heat and fear, But Levi's voice... it disappeared. “Levi!” Hunter screamed and turned, But all around, the fire burned. He searched until his strength gave out, Through choking tears and shouts and doubt. (Chorus) Now the woods don’t whisper back, Just silence in a world gone black. The base they built, the dreams they drew, All lost in smoke, in shades of blue. And Hunter cries with blistered hands, Alone upon the scorched-out lands. He swears beneath that cinder sky— He’ll never chase the squatch again... goodbye. (Verse 3) The posters still hang on the wall, The cocoa mugs untouched and small. A plushie sits with a melted grin, Beside the bed where Levi had been. He shuts the cabin door with care, As if his friend still lingers there. The woods are quiet, the fire’s passed, But Hunter knows some ghosts will last. (Bridge – softly, almost spoken) Ten years of joy… one night of flame, He’ll never search again the same. No footprints now could make him run, No myth is worth what he’s undone. (Final Chorus – sorrowful and powerful) Now the forest holds its breath, A silent oath carved out by death. And Hunter walks, but not to find— The beast they chased, now left behind. He carries grief like smoke and stone, His compass shattered, heart alone. He loved the myth... but loved his friend. And that’s the trail he’ll walk to end. (Outro – slow, echoing) No fires burn, no answers call, Just ashes in the pines… And nothing more at all. 🎵
