Echoes of the Forgotten Hallow

Lyrics

[INTRO — Whispered Female Voice / Choir] Beyond the fields… Where the old winds sleep… Beneath the stones… The ancestors still speak… [VERSE 1 — Male Lead] At the edge of the field, a shadow stands Old smoke is drifting through the furrows They tell me it is only wind But I know those steps I know that silent rhythm In the ashes, their traces remain In the clay, an unfinished whisper They speak beneath the moss and stone And tell me softly: The earth remembers us… [PRE-CHORUS — Building] They walk across the fields Through the cold and silver dawn They carry peace within their hands And anger left unsung Every breath is like a frozen cry Every step an ancient dream They rise from underneath the earth Where nothing is ever truly gone [CHORUS — Full Band / Choir] SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO THIS LAND COME BACK TO THIS EARTH COME BACK TO THIS PAIN SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS WE HEAR YOU IN THE NIGHT WE STAND UPON YOUR MEMORY WE KEEP YOUR FIRE ALIVE SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO US IN EVERY SEED IN EVERY DAY SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO US FOR WITHOUT YOU THE GROUND WILL SLIP AWAY [VERSE 2 — Male Lead / Female Harmonies] The wind has gathered dust upon the fence A shadow bends above the ancient well And when the night begins to breathe Their faces drift Through cold and silver mist My grandfather stood here When the frozen river broke My great-grandmother's laughter Still lives among the plum trees Their names are heavy as the stone Their blood is written in the land And every silent rock remembers The touch of their hands [PRE-CHORUS — Bigger] They walk across the fields Through the cold and silver dawn They carry peace within their hands And anger left unsung Every breath is like a frozen cry Every step an ancient dream They rise from underneath the earth Where nothing is ever truly gone [CHORUS — Full Choir] SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO THIS LAND COME BACK TO THIS EARTH COME BACK TO THIS PAIN SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS WE HEAR YOU IN THE NIGHT WE STAND UPON YOUR MEMORY WE KEEP YOUR FIRE ALIVE SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO US IN EVERY SEED IN EVERY DAY SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO US FOR WITHOUT YOU THE GROUND WILL SLIP AWAY [BRIDGE — Piano / Strings / Female Vocal] They ask for neither gold nor tears They only ask that we remember That the fire inside the hearth Must never fade away That their names may cross the years That their voices may remain That what was lost beneath the earth May live within our veins [FEMALE VOCAL — Ethereal] Remember us… Remember us… [MALE LEAD — Quiet] So I place my hand Upon the blackened earth And call them One by one… [CHOIR — Distant] One by one… [FEMALE VOCAL] Come home… [MALE LEAD — Rising] Come back beneath our ancient roof Come walk beside the living Come guard the dreams we carry now Come shelter every soul [FULL CHOIR — BUILD] We remember! We remember! We remember! [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK — Orchestral / Guitar Solo] [FINAL CHORUS — EPIC] SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO THIS LAND COME BACK TO THIS EARTH COME BACK TO THIS PAIN SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS WE HEAR YOU IN THE NIGHT WE STAND UPON YOUR MEMORY WE KEEP YOUR FIRE ALIVE SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO US IN EVERY SEED IN EVERY DAY SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO US FOR WITHOUT YOU THE GROUND WILL SLIP AWAY [FINAL CHORUS — HIGHER / FEMALE + MALE + CHOIR] [FEMALE] Let the night carry your names Let the winter guard your graves [MALE] Let the stars remember you Let the fire burn again [CHOIR] WE WILL CARRY WHAT YOU LEFT US WE WILL GUARD WHAT CANNOT DIE [FULL BAND] SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS COME BACK TO US! COME BACK TO US! COME BACK TO US! [OUTRO — Choir / Whisper] You are beneath us… You are within us… You are behind us… And you are still alive… [Female Whisper] We remember… [Choir — Fading] The earth remembers… The earth remembers…