[Intro - 4 Bars, Ominous Minor-Key Acoustic Guitar Fingerpicking] [Single Distant Bell, Low Bowed Cello Enters] [Deep Upright Bass and Heavy Acoustic Strumming Enter] [Verse 1 - Deep, Smoky Female Alto, Intimate and Haunting] They built a chapel on forgotten ground Buried the bells so they couldn't make a sound Carved out the names with a mason's knife Swore those beneath had never been alive They covered the cracks with a brand-new floor Sold forgiveness at the chapel door But the mortar splits and the shadows crawl And something is breathing inside these walls [Pre-Chorus - Rising Tension, Bowed Cello and Upright Bass] Under the altar, beneath the stone A thousand voices calling home You can turn your head, pretend you don't hear But the sound keeps getting near [Chorus - Powerful Deep Female Lead, Aggressive Acoustic Strumming, Deep Floor Toms] THE STONE REMEMBERS! Every name you buried deep Every promise you couldn't keep Every secret underneath THE STONE REMEMBERS! You can run, but the walls still speak You can hide, but the truth runs deep The stone remembers... And it won't let you sleep! [Short Instrumental - Driving Acoustic Guitar and Fiddle] [Verse 2 - Dark, Gritty Female Alto, Restrained Percussion] The stained glass saints have turned their eyes They've watched a hundred years of lies The candles bend against the wind Like something underneath is breathing in A crack runs straight across the floor The iron hinges shake upon the door The organ plays without a hand And all the buried voices rise again [Pre-Chorus - Building Acoustic Floor Toms, Intense Cello] You hear them calling through the stone A thousand voices, not alone The walls are shaking, the ceiling bends And every buried story starts again [Chorus - Heavy Acoustic Strumming, Deep Female Lead, Haunting Female Harmonies] THE STONE REMEMBERS! Every name you buried deep Every promise you couldn't keep Every secret underneath THE STONE REMEMBERS! You can run, but the walls still speak You can hide, but the truth runs deep The stone remembers... And it won't let you sleep! [Instrumental Solo - 8 Bars, Mournful Acoustic Fiddle] [Fingerpicked Guitar and Bowed Cello Harmonize] [Bridge - Instruments Drop to Sparse Fingerpicked Guitar and Low Cello] [Deep Female Lead - Quiet, Intimate, Almost Whispered Melody] We didn't come to make you kneel We came to show you what was real No holy words, no crown of gold Can change the things these walls still hold [All Instruments Stop] [Second Female Vocalist - Single Raw, Unamplified Harsh Scream] REMEMBER! [Breakdown - Crushing Half-Time Acoustic Strumming, Heavy Floor Toms, Pounding Upright Bass] [Lead Vocal - Deep, Forceful, Rhythmic] Strike the ground! Hear it answer! Break the seal! Let it speak! [All Instruments Stop Briefly] [Second Female Vocalist - One Brief, Ferocious Unamplified Scream] LET IT SPEAK! [Full Acoustic Ensemble Slams Back In] [Final Chorus - Explosive Acoustic Strumming, Thundering Floor Toms, Intense Fiddle, Layered Female Harmonies] THE STONE REMEMBERS! Every name you buried deep Every promise you couldn't keep Every secret underneath THE STONE REMEMBERS! You can run, but the walls still speak You can hide, but the truth runs deep The stone remembers... AND IT WON'T LET YOU SLEEP! [Outro - All Instruments Stop Except Solitary Fingerpicked Acoustic Guitar] [Deep Female Lead - Quietly Sung, Intimate and Haunting] The bells were buried... But they never stopped ringing. [Complete Silence] [Single Deep Acoustic Bell Strike - Natural Decay] [End]
