The Rocks Still Sing

They warned you about me.

Tie yourself tighter.

Block your ears.

It never works.

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I used to wait on jagged stone

Where splintered ships would kiss the reef

White sails trembling on the foam

Men undone by their belief

I never chased them through the sea

I never had to bare a blade

I only sang of what they craved

And watched the bravest ones obey

The waves would carve them into myth

Their armor sinking, bright and red

They called it curse, they called it fate

I call it listening instead

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Closer

You hear the harmony

Closer

It sounds like destiny

Closer

You think you stand apart

But every hero has a hungry heart

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The rocks still sing

They always have

You lean in closer when I laugh

I don’t pull ships

I pull your pride

And watch you wreck yourself inside

You call it love

You call it fate

You sail straight for the teeth of the strait

The ocean doesn’t need to chase

You come to me

You beg for waves

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Now I don’t need the open sea

Your world is wired for my voice

I slip between your thoughts at night

And make obsession feel like choice

Through glowing screens and silver sound

Through whispers fed straight to your ear

You chase the echo of my name

Until the signal drowns your fear

Ambition tastes the same as lust

Ego bleeds as bright as kings

You think you’re climbing something high

But I’m the height from which you swing

Your empire built on fragile stone

Your spotlight burning like a flare

You sail for validation

I’m the hunger waiting there

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Closer

You scroll and justify

Closer

You ache to amplify

Closer

You swear you’re in control

But I’m the current in your soul

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The rocks still sing

They always have

You lean in closer when I laugh

I don’t pull ships

I pull your name

And watch you crash for love of fame

You call it drive

You call it need

You steer yourself to where I feed

The ocean never had to lie

You wanted me

That’s why you died

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Tie yourself to reason

Fill your ears with noise

Build a wall of logic

I’ll turn it into voice

Odysseus heard me once

Lashed tight against the mast

Even he leaned forward

Praying ropes would snap

No wax can block desire

No chain can hold your doubt

The song is not outside you

It’s the one you sing out loud

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Sing back to me

Sing back to me

Let me hear

What you think you want

Sing back to me

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The rocks still sing

They always will

I don’t need blood to make my kill

I let you chase

I let you steer

I let you call your ending “near”

You call it passion

Call it truth

You throw yourself against my proof

The sea is patient

Cold and wide

You weren’t dragged

You chose the tide

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The cliffs are quiet.

The water calm.

Another story turned to bone.

They say beware the siren’s song.

But I only sing

What was already your own.