[Intro: hammered dulcimer glitch beneath galloping drums, voice rising from low hum] Ridgefire, spine of coal, breath torn thin, breath made whole. Rustlight, marrow drum, I call, I come, I come. [Verse I: rapid cadence, syllables struck like pick on steel] Teeth of shale, mouth of rain, stone unbinds what blood contains. Fingers spark on hollow string, bones in the roots start remembering. Hah—hah—hah—oh— voice unspooled through undertow. The hum divides, the ridge replies, I don’t rise, I realize. [Chorus I: high yodel breaks through distortion, stacked harmonies like thunderheads] O—ah—ah—ah—hey— wind carves sound through clay. O—ah—ah—ah—hey— pulse don’t fade, it stays. No word, no sin, no sign, just the throat of the mountain mine. O—ah—ah—ah—hey— breath of rust divine. [Verse II: blast-tempo, imagery fragments like shrapnel of sound] Ash spins silver in the lung, tongues of thunder left unsung. Pulse splits—line drawn thin, flesh in the grain, grain in the skin. Iron dreams in rhythm torn, something speaks that was never born. Hah—hah—hah—oh— down where the black roots grow. [Bridge I: tempo shift, half-time stomp, layered yodel harmonics] Spine hums copper, skull hums lead, fever in the thread of the dead. Hollow teeth bite through the chord, voice in the wire not yours, not yours. Ha—ha—ha—hey— the hum don’t fade away. Ha—ha—ha—hey— I stay, I stay, I stay. [Chorus II: soaring, repeated refrains, chaos turns melodic] O—ah—ah—ah—hey— fire bends to clay. O—ah—ah—ah—hey— pulse unspooled, decay. No god, no grief, no shrine, just rhythm shaped like spine. O—ah—ah—ah—hey— stillness caught in brine. [Instrumental Break: double-kick gallop, hammered string solo, distorted throat drones underneath] [Verse III: voice rougher, riding atop relentless percussion] Glass hums red, the ridge hums black, sound pulls tight, the sky pulls back. Echo of breath, echo of flame, I have no name, I have no name. Hah—hah—hah—oh— mountain mouth won’t close. Hah—hah—hah—oh— still the current flows. [Bridge II: pulse slows, cavern chant, dissonant dulcimer motif] Dust dreams—slow lightning skin, pulse folds, then starts again. Every tone devours its twin, every end hums within. Ha—ha—ha—hey— sound eats night away. Ha—ha—ha—hey— still the hum will stay. [Final Chorus: all vocals layered, percussive yodel rising into distortion] O—ah—ah—ah—hey— vein to vein relay. O—ah—ah—ah—hey— root sings through decay. No crown, no flesh, no time, only tone aligned. O—ah—ah—ah—hey— I hum, I hum, I stay. [Outro: single bowed note sustained into silence, faint yodel carried by reverb]
