Of Silence and Salt (The First Fracture)

[Verse 1] The sea has fled its sacred line And left behind a ghost of brine I walk the shore where whispers rot Each step a prayer the world forgot [Verse 2] Statues hum with hollow breath Their eyes long blind, still dreaming death I taste the silence in the stone A language cracked, a voice alone [Chorus] Where salt once danced upon the air Now silence grows with solemn care The wind forgets, the bells don’t ring I sing to ash. The ash won’t sing [Verse 3] The flowers bloom in colors wrong As if the soil remembers song But roots don’t lie — they twist and scream A garden drowned in memory’s dream [Bridge] Something beneath begins to call A name I never knew at all The sky won’t speak, the ground won't part But I can feel it in my heart [Chorus] Where salt once danced upon the air Now silence grows with solemn care A crown untouched, a voice withdrawn The veil is thin. The light is gone [Outro] So carve your name in crumbling stone And sow the silence you were shown The salt still clings to what decays And I have lost the thread of days