Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Left at the marble gate Name on a weathered slate Twelve thrones stared straight through me Like I was smoke in the air Broken sandals Shaking hands Watching them bless other kids Gold in their blood Storms in their eyes I had splinters and silence instead [Chorus] I was the kid that no god wanted Half a prayer And half of none So I lay down in the wild dark dirt Said “If you want me Make me one” And the roots came up And the stones breathed out Pulled my heartbeat from the mud Now I’m Gaia’s unwanted son And I’ll set their heavens Set their heavens on fire [Verse 2] They called me temple trash Swept me out with the ash Fed their war-born favorites Left me crumbs Left me last But the ground heard every word Every curse I swallowed whole Vines around my wrists at night Said “You’re not weak You’re just untold” [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] I learned my anger from avalanches From fault lines grinding bone to sand I learned my mercy from the moss Soft on the edges of a killing land If they are thunder I am landslide If they are sky I am the climb They built their thrones on her shoulders Now her spine is mine [Chorus]
Tags
folk, Raw folk-emo ballad with male vocals, close-mic’d and intimate. Fingerpicked acoustic in a minor key, occasional low-tuned baritone guitar swells, and a bowed upright bass for tension. Verses sparse and storytelling; chorus opens with doubled vocals and subtle floor tom pulses. Final section adds reverb-drenched harmonies and a slow-building crescendo that still feels bruised and human., emo
Duration
3:28
Instrumental
No
Created
12/27/2025