“WHAT LISTENS BELOW”

[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] I walk where green once held its breath Stone still warm from hands long dead No sky, just weight that presses tight I count each step to keep the floor from bending [Verse 2] Residue clings to every corner Dark, wet, violet-smeared and raw It sticks like it’s still remembering A shape that moved without a jaw [Verse 3] Metal blooms on my tongue before sound Weight hums loud before it moves Walls thrumming low, patient and round Waiting for me to burn through my excuses [Verse 4] They said this place was sealed, was empty Locked tight under a glass cold crown But the floor keeps sweating through the cracks And nothing here is ever truly down [Interlude] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 5] I saw them once in fractured shards Arms that bent where joints should not Soft pressure dragging light through dust And sand that breathed like it forgot to rot [Verse 6] No eyes, no mouth, no name to call Only a pull that tugs my bones And every noise I ever made Dissolved into the quiet stones [Verse 7] A city hums beneath my boots if I stop Steps stacked inside steps, green turning brittle They dragged someone screaming through these halls Someone silent, someone wrong, someone little [Verse 8] The floor still knows the shape of their knees The way they begged, the way they froze I can taste their fear in the stone’s breath And the walls still hum the songs they chose [Interlude] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 9] I’m not the first to bear this heat My hands fit cracks where old bones broke My blood seeps into the same dark seams Where their last, cold breaths once spoke [Verse 10] They blamed the noise on him, on me, on us Said we woke what should stay asleep But the walls thrumming low, they disagree They say we’re just the next thing to keep [Verse 11] Something moved faster than my thought Sliced through breath and teeth and bone The sound died first, then the body followed No rage, no pause, just a cold, clean tone [Interlude] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 12] Liquid burns like stone-flower venom Down my throat, mineral and thick Sometimes five prayers do nothing Sometimes one word makes the walls split [Verse 13] The floor smells older than my bones Older than the lies they told I can feel it breathing through my soles Waiting for the next thing to unfold [Bridge] Light spills wrong, obscene and flickering Wet shapes where history should be A laugh, a curse, a boot to metal The robot whines, "Unwanted contact" — and the past lunges for me [Verse 14] I hear water where there’s only dust Sickness in the land’s cold heart Arms erased from memory’s crust Ground trying not to fall apart [Verse 15] One stayed, one thinned, one climbed the air One never closed its gaping mouth The floor still hums their final prayers And I’m the only one left to doubt [Verse 16] A figure in red crossed my line Heartbeat sharp enough to cut the dark The floor shifted before I could blink The sound chose him — I just watched it spark [Verse 17] I stayed breathing, the stone stayed warm The shape still lurks beneath the floor I’m just the latest in a long line Of fools who thought they could lock the door [Outro] I stand where the listening thickens Counting steps so nothing answers Glass above, stone below, still sweating Something wet and patient waits for the next sound to shatter