Verse 1 [Male 1] The path narrows under leaves that never rustle Our steps echo wrong in the hush that hushes The air tastes of rot beneath the green perfume Every branch seems to tilt as we move through the gloom [Switch to Female 1] I play a low note to steady the air But the sound lingers longer than it should dare Chorus [Male 1 with layered harmonies] The canopy watches with eyes made of shade It leans in too close when our music is played The silence is listening, the roots hold their breath We are not alone in this green house of death Verse 2 [Male 1] The blight veins pulse faint beneath the bark skin My fingers falter as the drone sinks in The party grows quiet, eyes dart to the trees The forest is tasting us on the breeze [Switch to Female 1] A pixie’s laugh dies before it can land The treant’s slow words turn to dust in his hand Chorus [Male 1 with fuller harmonies] The canopy watches with eyes made of shade It leans in too close when our music is played No song soothes the hunger that hides in the leaves The watch has begun and it never relieves Bridge [Male 1] I feel it now, the gaze without face The curse in my blood calls it into this place The guilt from the ice still clings like the mist But here the green hungers for what we resist [Switch to Female 1] We press on in silence, the dread in our veins The canopy’s watch is the price of our names Chorus [Male 1 with all voices swelling] The canopy watches with eyes made of shade It leans in too close when our music is played We sing to survive but the forest sings back In whispers that promise we won’t make it back
