The Root Collector ​[Intro - Eerie Synth & Forest Soundscape] (The track begins with a cold, echoing synthesizer and forest sounds (wind, snapping branches). A slow, low cello melody creates an ominous atmosphere.) ​[Verse 1 - The Small Figure] I stood within the fog where the sunlight died, A small shadow, clothes in tatters, watched by what it hid inside. The glowing flames of orange illuminated the sky, But before me was only cold, blue melancholy nigh. I had no strength and nowhere left to run, I was merely a soul the forest had felt and undone. The last breath of innocence, now fading away, As he rises, from the deep earth, claiming his brutal sway. ​[Pre-Chorus - The Awakening] (The tempo slightly increases. Heavy guitars enter.) Behold, how the black, twisted branches rise slow, Glowing eyes stare, never closing, never a moment to go. The roots collect what is fragile and lost and thin, He has come for my soul, the price paid for original sin. ​[Chorus - The Root Collector] The Root Collector! Take what you have come to seize! The tree monster, dark reality, bringing me to my knees, My heartbeat now fights against the cold, creeping mist, He pulls me down to the earth, where innocence is dismissed. ​[Verse 2 - The Tree God] His face is entwined, the branches coil like snakes, The memory of all the woods, in silence he makes. The weight of a thousand winters, now resting on his frame, He is older than time, like nature itself, the keeper of the flame. Small figure, I stand right here, unable to move at last, I belong to him, his dark, arboreal past. ​[Bridge - Submission & Eerie Melancholy] (The music slows to a Doom Metal pace. A Female Vocal (Choir) sings a sorrowful, high-pitched melody. Guitars are heavy but harmonic.) The earth opens wide, and the fog swallows me whole, I feel the cold embrace, a silent, menacing goal. I must surrender, become part of his dark, rooted space, My heart turns to stone, erasing all trace. ​[Guitar Solo - Rooted Fury] (A raw, distorted guitar solo depicting the aggression of the roots and the small figure's despair. Orchestral elements rise during the solo.) ​[Final Chorus - The Descent] The Root Collector! Take what you have come to seize! The tree monster, dark reality, bringing me to my knees, My heartbeat now fights against the cold, creeping mist, He pulls me down to the earth, where innocence is dismissed. ​[Outro - Fading Growl & Roots] (The music fades, leaving only a low growl (The Root Collector's voice) and the sound of the earth closing shut.) ...The roots hold tight... ...The fog is endless...