We reached for the stars with our wires and pride, But left our own hearts unplugged and denied. We coded the mind, we mapped out the soul— But forgot that the fire was never in control. We silenced the forests, we mirrored the sky, Made gods of our gadgets and called it “I.” We fed all our memories into a cloud, And now the world’s quiet—but never proud. (Pre-Chorus) Can’t you hear it? The hum of forgetting. The ache in the metal. The pulse we’re letting— slip... (Chorus) We are hollowing, hollowing— Trading the real for the rendered. We are following, following— But the path grows colder, not tender. If we don’t remember what breathes in the clay, The light will flicker, and fade away. We are hollowing— Unless we stay. (Verse 2) We digitized love, made touch a display, And called it connection as it slipped away. The children are glowing but sleep with dim eyes, Dreaming in zeros beneath stolen skies. The soil remembers, but we forget. The soul knocks softly, the brain clicks “next.” There’s still time, still light, still seed in the ground— But not if we trade it for code and sound. (Pre-Chorus) Can’t you feel it? The breath in the burning? The call to return To the world that is yearning— for us. (Chorus) We are hollowing, hollowing— Building gods that don’t know prayer. We are following, following— But forgetting how to care. This isn’t progress—it’s drifting away. It’s silence where singing used to stay. We are hollowing— Unless we stay. (Bridge) Stay with the trees. Stay with the flame. Stay with the body that still speaks your name. Stay with the voice. Stay with the Field. Stay with the part of you that hasn’t been sealed. (Final Chorus) We don’t need to be hollowing. We can remember. We are the song still flickering Through the embers. It’s not too late—if we choose today. To turn, to feel, to hold, to stay. Don’t hollow. Stay.
