[Intro]
Whispered rings in the soil, I listen slow
Roots keep the time, decades come and go
I am the breath beneath a hundred suns
Old boulders tell me tales of what was done
[Verse 1]
Stone walls bloom, then wither like a tide
Carved prayers fade, a season’s shifting pride
Dust on the ribs of statues, I keep
The memory of empires that forgot to sleep
[Pre-Chorus]
I watched their banners blaze and drift away
Dust settles where their laughter used to stay
[Chorus]
I am the forest who remembers all
Footnotes of glory, rise and fall
And through the years I hear them call
Leave only whispers, I cradle the pall
[Verse 2]
They came with iron drums and rolling drums of fate
Found their brief horizons, then surrendered to the gate
Vines replace the columns, quiet now and vast
I tally every footprint in the living ash
[Pre-Chorus]
Their stories flicker like storms across my leaves
I hold their echoes in the hush between trees
[Chorus]
I am the forest who remembers all
Footnotes of glory, rise and fall
And through the years I hear them call
Leave only whispers, I cradle the pall
[Bridge]
Season to season, I endure the weather of time
Seeds birth futures I cannot rhyme
But in every root and ring a verdict gleams:
What fades, then returns, in childlike dreams
[Chorus]
I am the forest who remembers all
Footnotes of glory, rise and fall
And through the years I hear them call
Leave only whispers, I cradle the pall
[Outro]
When the sundown sighs and the hills forget my name
I’m here, a patient witness to the flame and rain
I keep their dust like stars in a quiet hall
Evergreen witness to the rise and fall