HOLLOW ATOLL [Verse 1] Black glass covered every wave. No one spoke… or looked away. Every compass faced the sand. Like the island held command. The crew crossed hearts… whispered prayers. Not one soul would meet his stare. The captain grinned beneath the gray. Said even God won’t look this way. ⸻ [Pre-Hook] White sand swallowed every sound. Nothing living turned around. Every breath fell out of place. Something else… wore every face. ⸻ [Hook] Hollow Atoll… white as bone. Every soul returns unknown. Hollow Atoll… hold your breath. Every wave remembers death. ⸻ [Verse 2] First boot touched the coral shore. Silence deeper than before. Black water climbed where footprints lay. Erasing every step away. Every sailor held the line. No one dared to fall behind. Every step became a pair. Someone else was already there. ⸻ [Bridge] No birds sang. No waves replied. Morning drowned before the tide. Every footprint filled with black. None of them were leading back. Then we heard our voices call. None were ours… yet matched us all. Every blink rewrote the shore. Nothing stayed… where it was before. ⸻ [Verse 3] I counted once. I counted twice. One more answered… every time. One voice spoke before my own. Calling me by bones alone. I counted hands. I counted feet. Another heartbeat matched the beat. The captain never looked away. Like he’d known we’d end this way. ⸻ [Final Hook] Hollow Atoll… white as bone. Every soul returns unknown. Hollow Atoll… hold your breath. Every wave remembers death. ⸻ [Outro] Morning came. The reef stood bare. We raised the sails through empty air. It whispered softly from the shore. You had left this place before.
