[Intro — breath + low hum] (mmm… layered, distant) (repeat with cracks) [Verse 1 — low → brief peaks] I walk where the quiet kneels Cold earth turning under heel Mark my brow with ash and snow (rise) carry me where the old prayers go Hands in stillness, lips made slow Drink the dark the roots have known I am vessel, I am seed (rise) I am the word the deep will keep [Pre-Chorus — reverent lift] Feel it move beneath my skin Holy hush… it draws me in [Chorus — hymn-like, sacred] Hold me in the hidden low Where the sacred rivers flow If I fade, if I am gone Let me live inside the song Consecrate this breath I own Bind my flesh to blood and bone What I lose, I give below Make me whole in undertow [Verse 2 — deeper ritual tone] Bones remember, bones will call Every rise and every fall I was dust before a name (rise) I return without the same Lay me where the roots entwine Spine to earth and breath to time Take this voice, this offered flame (rise) speak me back without a name [Bridge — whispered humming liturgy] hush now… hush now… the ground receives… what we are… what we leave… bind us… keep us… soft and slow… we are yours… we are below… [Final Chorus — expanded, reverent] Hold me in the hidden low Where the sacred rivers flow If I break, if I am stone I was never not your own Consecrate this breath I own Bind my flesh to blood and bone In the dark where all things grow Make me whole in undertow [Outro — fading hum/prayer] mmm… under stone… mmm… made as one…
