Falling in the Quiet (hardcore)

Roots in the ground so deep so tight

Reaching for the sun

Holding the night

But time moves slow

And the cracks run wide

What holds me now? What’s left inside

Falling in the quiet

No one hears the sound

A whisper to the void

Where no one’s around

Does it matter

Do I matter

When I hit the ground

Falling in the quiet

Swallowed by the bound

Leaves turned brittle

Like stories untold

Bark peeling back

Memories grow cold

The wind used to sing

Now it just takes

I stand

I sway

I break

No hands to catch me

No roots to mend

No beginning here

Just an aching end

Falling in the quiet

No one hears the sound

A whisper to the void

Where no one’s around

Does it matter

Do I matter

When I hit the ground

Falling in the quiet

Swallowed by the bound

Sap runs dry

My heartwood exposed

The forest forgets

The cycle enclosed

But I dream of a hand

Reaching through time

Pulling me back

Calling me mine