The Hollow in the Pines

[Intro]
[Verse]
Walls breathe in the D minor hum
My senses start to flicker and go numb
The tape-loop hisses like a dying snake
I’m hovering between the sleep and wake
The forest mist is rising from the floor
I don’t belong in this world anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
I see the shadow of a smaller frame
He’s whispering a secret, sacred name
The needles on the forest floor feel sharp
A melody is plucked upon a harp
[Chorus]
Come back to me
Set the spirit free
My hands are stained and old
Your fingers are so cold
The dissonance is loud
Lost inside the cloud
[Post-Chorus]
Tiny fingers, cold and white
Vanishing into the night
Grown hands, heavy with the weight
Locked inside this hollow state
[Verse]
I reach for you but touch the jagged bark
The sun is just a memory in the dark
My palms are calloused, skin is thick and dry
You’re just a glimmer in a ghost’s blue eye
Your tiny hand is pale and soft and slight
I’m drowning in the middle of the night
[Pre-Chorus]
The lead guitar begins to swell and bleed
I’m following the path where shadows lead
The fuzz is thick, the rhythm guitars roar
I can’t find the person I was before
[Chorus]
Come back to me
Set the spirit free
My hands are stained and old
Your fingers are so cold
The dissonance is loud
Lost inside the cloud
[Bridge]
I’m screaming at the trees
I’m falling to my knees
The tape is spinning fast
The present meets the past
Kill the man I’ve become
Beat the rhythm on the drum
[Breakdown]
Fuzz is burning through the wire
Throw the adult in the fire
Searching for the boy I lost
Never cared about the cost
[Chorus]
Come back to me
Set the spirit free
My hands are stained and old
Your fingers are so cold
The dissonance is loud
Lost inside the cloud
[Post-Chorus]
Tiny fingers, cold and white
Vanishing into the night
Grown hands, heavy with the weight
Locked inside this hollow state
[Outro]