Hymn of the Hollow

[Intro Spoken, wind and faint echoes] "Where shadows linger, where ivy clings, The hollow dreams, the ruin sings." [Instrumental] [Verse 1] Beneath the boughs, the stone stands bare, Hollow eyes, a vacant stare. Cracks run deep where pride once grew, Time has claimed what no one knew. [Chorus] And the hollow sings, the winds reply, Of dreams that rose, then fell to die. A hymn of stone, a whispered knell, The ruin speaks, and none can tell. [Instrumental] [Verse 2] The ivy climbs where hands once laid, The echoes fade, the glory frayed. A throne of dust, a name unsaid, All dreams return where silence treads. [Chorus] And the hollow sings, the winds reply, Of dreams that rose, then fell to die. A hymn of stone, a whispered knell, The ruin speaks, and none can tell. [Instrumental Bridge] [Bridge] The wind grows loud, the shadows call, They sing of rise, they sing of fall. A hollow crown, a fleeting flame, The silence holds what once had name. [Chorus] And the hollow sings, the winds reply, Of dreams that rose, then fell to die. A hymn of stone, a whispered knell, The ruin speaks, and none can tell. [Outro Soft, fading whispers] The hollow sings… the hollow sings… The wind remains… and nothing clings. [Instrumental outro: soft choir hums fading into wind sounds.]