[instrumental intro] [Verse 1] Branches bend like broken spines Whispering prayers through crooked pines The wind knows names we’ve left behind But still we march with borrowed time [Pre-Chorus – layered voices] We sang in the hush where the blackbirds fled With fire in our chests and thorns in our tread [Chorus – swell] Raise your voice from the hollow tree Let the roots remember who we used to be Though the wolves may come and the sky turns red We will not sleep in the lives we shed [interlude] [Verse 2] Cold hands dig where silence grows Underneath the snow, a memory glows We stitched our sins in linen threads Wore them like flags when the silence spread [Pre-Chorus – call/response] Call it hope or call it sin But we’ve lit our lanterns from within [Chorus – fuller harmony] Raise your voice from the hollow tree Let the roots remember who we used to be Though the wolves may come and the sky turns red We will not sleep in the lives we shed [Bridge – instrumental break + chant vocals] Oh-oh-oh, we are more than names on stone Oh-oh-oh, we are flame in flesh and bone [instrumental solo] [Chorus – final surge] Raise your voice from the hollow tree Let the roots remember who we used to be Though the wolves may come and the sky turns red We will not sleep in the lives we shed [interlude] Oh-oh-oh, we are more than names on stone Oh-oh-oh, we are flame in flesh and bone [Instrumental outro] [end]
