[Verse 1] I’m the one they barely notice, in the back of the line, A dark and dusty stranger ,not metal not mined They chase the burning uranium, the bright and fiery gold, While I sit quiet in the shadows, doing what I’m told. Hard as heartbreak, brittle too, with my shattered heart, Born from cosmic collisions, where the stars fall apart. [Pre-chorus] They call me trace, they call me small, But they never notice that I’m in it all [Chorus] I’m the Sunday catcher, the silent guard in the core, When the reactions start, and unclear fire wants more, I swallow up the wanderers, slow the fire, hold the line, Without me the reactor roars, the world could shine If it’s too bright, and too fast, it’s time for goodbye. Oh, they overlook, but I’m the one reason we survive. [Verse 2] Then the traces come whispering through the night, I capture, crack, and shelter particles until they light. death for cancer cells, while healthy ones stay whole, the sniper in the bloodstream, paying the patient’s soul. A pinch in the soil, and the vegtation will grow strong, But too much and you’re poison, singin’ death’s song. [Pre-chorus] They call me trace, they call me small, But they never notice that I’m in it all [Chorus] I’m the Sunday catcher, the silent guard in the core, When the reactions start, and unclear fire wants more, I swallow up the wanderers, slow the fire, hold the line, Without me the reactor roars, the world could shine If it’s too bright, and too fast, it’s time for goodbye. Oh, they overlook, but I’m the one reason we survive. [Bridge – slower] I drink the neutrons like dark wine, silence every deadly thing. Where I become the healer, and I'm tearing tumors apart. No headlines, no parades, without me nothing in the same, And what do you call me?, the quiet work of holding flame. [Final Chorus – big, anthemic build] So raise a glass to me the overlooked and the true, standing between the world and what the fire can do. In reactors deep and cancer wards, in silence I endure, The humble heart of safety, forever now in the core. Yeah, they overlook me, so much more to see But the world keeps turning… because of me. [solo] [Outro – fading strum] You don't know my name I’m Boron… But don’t you ever forget. [fade out]
