WHERE ROOTS MEET THE SPIRAL

[INTRO] I heard the woods go quiet. I heard the branches bend. Something breathed beyond the firelight And every shadow learned its name. Good. At last, the dark has manners. [VERSE 1] Hollow Root I know your name Mud on your hands Weather in your veins Bear at your shoulder Wolf at your side Raven above you Snake in the tide You are the thing The trail conceals The old wound walking Where the treeline kneels I respect the wild I respect the teeth But listen close— The woods are staring back at me [PRE-CHORUS] You bring the hunger I bring the weight You bring the forest I alter the gate No bad blood No broken creed Just root and spiral Let the dark proceed [CHORUS] Come out of the timber Step into the gold Bring every shadow The old woods hold I’ll enter the spiral You rise from the leaves Let the crowd remember What the dark believes No hate in the challenge No fear in the call Hollow Root standing Fractal observing all [VERSE 2] You say the most dangerous animal is you I believe you. Truly. You know the silence Before claws appear You know the heartbeat That betrays the deer But I am not prey I am not track I am the question The dark asks back Black suit still No face, no breath The room learns dread Without learning death [PRE-CHORUS] You bring the hunger I bring the weight You bring the forest I alter the gate No bad blood No bitter sting Just two old horrors Entering the ring [CHORUS] Come out of the timber Step into the gold Bring every shadow The old woods hold I’ll enter the spiral You rise from the leaves Let the crowd remember What the dark believes No hate in the challenge No fear in the call Hollow Root standing Fractal observing all [BREAKDOWN] Root Spiral Mud Gold Claw Silence Shape Untold [Fractal] You are the thing in the trees. Beautiful. I am what makes the trees lean away. [HEAVY BREAKDOWN] Let the bear rise Let the wolf sing Let the raven blacken Everything Let the trail end Let the night breathe Let the forest ask What stands beneath No throne No crown No need to bleed Just Hollow Root And Fractal Seeing which darkness learns to retreat [VERSE 3] I won’t call you weak I won’t call you small You earned your shadow You earned it all The creek knows your footsteps The thorns know your skin The animals lower their voices When you walk in But tonight, my friend The woods become strange The stars fall low The angles change If you are the beast That men should fear Then face the spiral And step right here [FINAL CHORUS] Come out of the timber Step into the gold Bring every shadow The old woods hold I’ll enter the spiral You rise from the leaves Let the crowd remember What the dark believes No hate in the challenge No fear in the call Hollow Root standing Fractal observing all Come out of the timber Answer the sound Root meets spiral Sky bends ground The wild has teeth The void has eyes Let’s give the darkness A proper fight [OUTRO] Hollow Root. No disrespect. Only invitation. Enter the spiral.