GRAVITY OF THE HOLLOW

Lyrics

[Intro — ambient guitar / delay / distant clean vocal] I watched the colors leave the sky, As if the world forgot the light. Something is moving underneath— A shadow wearing part of me. [Technical guitar riff enters] [Verse 1 — screamed vocals] I FEEL THE PRESSURE BENEATH MY SKIN, A SILENT CURRENT PULLING ME IN. Every thought becomes a fracture, Every answer splits in two. I've been searching through the static For a signal leading through. [Clean vocal layer] But the further that I wander, The less I recognize the view. [Pre-Chorus — guitars opening up] Am I running from the darkness, Or becoming what I fear? If I scream into the distance— WILL ANYTHING HEAR? [CHORUS — huge soaring clean vocals] I'M CAUGHT BENEATH THE GRAVITY, Of everything I couldn't leave. PULL ME OUT— PULL ME OUT— Before the silence swallows me. If there's a light beyond the hollow, Then give me something I can follow. I WON'T LET THE DARK DECIDE WHO I BECOME. [Post-Chorus — melodic guitar lead] Whoa-oh... I'm still becoming. Whoa-oh... I'm not undone. [Verse 2 — syncopated riff / screams] I BUILT A HOME INSIDE THE STATIC. NOW EVERY WALL IS CLOSING IN. I traced the lines across my memory, Trying to find where I began. But every road becomes a circle. Every truth becomes a question. [Clean vocals over screams] Maybe losing who I was Is how I finally understand. [Heavy transition] [Screamed] I AM NOT THE WEIGHT I CARRY. I AM NOT THE SHADOW BEHIND ME. [Pre-Chorus — clean] Am I running from the darkness, Or finally seeing clear? There's a voice beyond the distance— AND NOW I CAN HEAR. [CHORUS — bigger] I'M CAUGHT BENEATH THE GRAVITY, Of everything I couldn't leave. PULL ME OUT— PULL ME OUT— Before the silence swallows me. If there's a light beyond the hollow, Then give me something I can follow. I WON'T LET THE DARK DECIDE WHO I BECOME. [Instrumental — atmospheric progressive section] Clean guitar harmonics Polyrhythmic drums slowly enter Melodic lead guitar climbs over the rhythm [Bridge — ethereal clean vocals] Maybe the sky was never empty. Maybe my eyes were simply closed. Maybe the weight that tried to bury me Was teaching me what I could hold. I can feel the horizon changing. I can feel it— CALLING ME HOME. [Guitar riff suddenly drops low] [BREAKDOWN — screamed vocals] I SPENT SO LONG STARING INTO THE VOID— I FORGOT I HAD A VOICE. So let the pressure Crush what I was. Let every fracture— LET THE LIGHT IN. [Progressive breakdown / guitar bends] I WILL NOT DISAPPEAR. I WILL NOT SURRENDER HERE. [Silence] I'M STILL HERE. [FINAL CHORUS — massive melodic payoff] I'M BREAKING FREE FROM GRAVITY, From everything that buried me. PULL ME OUT— PULL ME OUT— I FINALLY REMEMBER HOW TO BREATHE. And if the light is somewhere distant, I'll cross the dark until I reach it. I WON'T LET THE DARK DECIDE WHO I BECOME. (Who I become!) I'M NOT UNDONE. (I'm not undone!) I'M STILL BECOMING WHO I WAS MEANT TO BECOME. [Outro — ambient guitar motif returns] The colors slowly fill the sky. For the first time... I recognize the light.