[Intro]
Whispered roots remember stones that kings could name
Old rivers carry prayers in every grain
[Verse 1]
I am the patient spine of earth and time, listening
To footprints fade where banners burned bright and blind, listening
Witness to empires carved in ash and gold
Then swallowed by the hush that progress leaves behind, cold
[Chorus]
I cradle every shadow of forgotten bretheren
I cradle every root-born myth that time forgot to reckon
If you seek a future, hear the whispers of my wood
For in my living memory, you’ll find the living good
[Verse 2]
The oaks spoke in thunder when the forge woke night
The willows hummed with sailors steering toward the light
Now the steel sings louder than the river’s sigh
And the myths retire where the machines never die
[Chorus]
I cradle every shadow of forgotten bretheren
I cradle every root-born myth that time forgot to reckon
If you seek a future, hear the whispers of my wood
For in my living memory, you’ll find the living good
[Bridge]
Let me tell you of crowns that rust and banners torn
Of lullabies that used to float where horned beasts were born
If you listen close, you’ll hear a heartbeat thrum
A forest counting all the names that have become
[Chorus]
I cradle every shadow of forgotten bretheren
I cradle every root-born myth that time forgot to reckon
If you seek a future, hear the whispers of my wood
For in my living memory, you’ll find the living good
[Outro]
When silence falls as softly as winter’s snowfall gleams
Remember me, the witness of all ancient dreams
And in your cities’ echo, let a tree’s old hymn live on
For I am here, enduring—though the world moves on
