Same lead vocalist as previous tracks with raw, grounded rock tone — chest-forward, slightly gritty, emotionally controlled. Minor key throughout. Dark piano provides steady harmonic foundation but stays understated. Bass is a focal instrument: warm, present, slightly gritty tone with melodic movement and strong low-end presence. Bass drives transitions and carries emotional momentum, locked tightly with the kick. Drums steady and powerful with full snare and room sound, but consistent groove — no dramatic pattern changes. During the bridge, drums pull back to create space while bass remains steady and exposed. Electric guitar gritty and rhythmic with subtle melodic lines, no flashy solos. No choir. Live room ambience for cohesion. Keep flow continuous across sections. Final line delivered low and grounded. Let bass sustain clearly on final chord before natural decay.
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There was a sound in the trees
Calling my name
The sky was holding something
I couldn’t explain
Always just ahead
Just out of sight
Said there was shelter
If I held on tight
A place among the bodies
Where nothing had to change
Blend into the crowd
And hope the weather changed
[Verse 2]
Ground worn down
By boots like mine
Their eyes would say
“It’s different this time.”
If we stayed ahead
Of the breaking sky
We’d leave the storm
Somewhere behind
I thought the rain
Would bruise my skin
So I kept in motion
To outrun who I’d been
[Chorus]
But the woods are only woods
Answers don’t hang in the air
Branches stretch without breaking
Sky sealed overhead
Trees split open
Into open blue
While I follow old footprints
Left long before I felt the truth
Every step I carried
Every weight I wore
Pressed in the dirt
Like I’d braced before
[Verse 3]
Deep in the dark
A small hand found mine
Green eyes steady
I felt something shift inside
I saw myself there
Unstaged, unrehearsed
All the quiet space
Wrapped around my hurt
The face I had practiced
Didn’t hold tight
And for the first time
I let her see my eyes
[Lift]
I felt myself not shrinking
From being seen
No story to spin
Nothing left in me to defend
I felt the chill
On my skin
No layer left
Between what’s within
I shifted my weight
The earth gave way
My foot left the print
It always had made
[Bridge – Earthbound]
No rope on my ankle
No chain on the gate
Fear dressed up
As the only way we knew to feel safe
The trail doesn’t bless you
It doesn’t condemn
It lies in the dirt
For where you step again
It exists in the footprints
Of patterns long worn
Rare is the step
That chooses its own
[Outro]
I lift my eyes
I let it in
Wind on my face
Rain on my skin
I know this storm is mine
I’ve seen who stands beneath
Somewhere past the shaking
There’s something steady in me
The sky still breaks above me —
Wind against my face
Warmth under my skin
And here I am
