This Land Still Burns

[Intro] (Ambient drones, distant static, reversed guitar) …can you hear it now… (or is it gone?) [Verse 1] From the cracked dry dirt to the flooded streets From the shattered glass to the dead-end dreams There’s a silence where a song once lived Now it echoes everything we did [Pre-Chorus] We were kings of dust, we were blind to see What we took ain’t ever comin’ back for free [Drop Hook] (Beat hits: 808 + distorted synth) This land still burns beneath our feet Every loss, every heartbeat We were deaf, we didn’t learn Now this land… this land still burns [Verse 2] Sky turned gray where the blue once stayed Ash falls down like a masquerade Every river choked, every forest gone Still we act like nothin’s wrong [Pre-Chorus] Hear the sirens in the wind tonight That ain’t noise—that’s a warning cry [Drop Hook] (Heavier beat, layered vocals) This land still burns beneath our feet Every truth we chose to leave Every line we crossed and blurred Now this land… this land still burns [Bridge – Half Rap / Spoken] Yeah We built it up just to tear it down Gold on the throne but a hollow crown Lines on a map but the earth don’t care Now we choke on the smoke in the poisoned air [Breakdown] (Beat strips back, low sub pulse) No roots… no rain… no sound… Just a ghost of what we found… [Vocal Build] (Choir-like pads rising) Can we turn it? Can we save it? Or are we too far gone? [Final Drop – Biggest] This land still burns beneath our feet But there’s a spark in the debris If we fight, if we return Maybe we don’t have to burn [Outro] (Glitchy fade, distant wind) …this land… still… burns…