Where the Forest Keeps Your Name

(Verse 1)

You stepped where the shadows breathe slow

Where the roots remember bones

Didn’t hear me—no, not yet

But I felt you in my chest

Every branch bent just enough

Every silence spoke too much

You don’t know what found you here

But I’ve always been this near

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(Pre-Chorus)

Don’t run when the dark feels kind

Don’t flinch when it learns your mind

There’s a pulse underneath your skin

That’s been calling mine in

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(Chorus)

I’m the hush between the trees

I’m the air you couldn’t leave

I don’t chase—I let you come

Like you’ve always known

I’m the warmth inside the cold

Hands you didn’t mean to hold

Say my name and you’ll remain

Where the forest keeps your name

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(Verse 2)

You looked at me like you knew

Like the wild in me met you

Something ancient, something real

Something neither could conceal

Your breath caught—I felt it too

Like the night was pulling you

Closer than you meant to be

Closer than you thought you’d need

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(Pre-Chorus)

Don’t lie—you can feel it now

That pull you won’t speak about

It’s not fear—it’s something deep

Something yours to keep

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(Chorus)

I’m the hush between the trees

I’m the air you couldn’t leave

I don’t chase—I let you come

Like you’ve always known

I’m the warmth inside the cold

Hands you didn’t mean to hold

Say my name and you’ll remain

Where the forest keeps your name

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(Bridge — softer, intimate, almost whispered)

Stay…

You don’t have to understand

I won’t break what I can’t mend

Close…

Let the quiet take your breath

You’re not lost—you’re just… mine yet

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(Final Chorus — more intense)

I’m the echo in your veins

I’m the hunger, soft and strange

You can fight it, you can run

But you’ll come undone

I’m the wild you couldn’t tame

I’m the spark inside your flame

Say my name and you’ll remain

Where the forest keeps your name

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(Outro)

And when the world forgets your sound…

I’ll be the one who tracks you down.