Hollownest

Lyrics

[Intro - eerie ambient pads, sparse plucked strings, distant cave reverb, lone breathy vocal]
In the hush beneath the stone,
I walk a world that’s long grown cold,
A broken crown, a silent throne,
And shadows coil where light won’t go.

[Verse 1 - dark pulse, crisp percussion, minor-key guitar motifs, restrained vocals]
Down through halls of ash and bone,
Where the echoes speak in a language unknown,
I hear the walls begin to weep,
As I descend through the kingdom’s sleep.

Lantern glow on blackened glass,
Footsteps falling where the dead still pass,
Every door is a memory sealed,
Every wound that time won’t heal.

[Pre-Chorus - tension rising, layered harmonies, swelling synths]
And I feel the weight of a thousand years,
In the dust, in the dark, in the rusted gears,
Still I move with a hollow spark,
A tiny flame in the mouth of the dark.

[Chorus - driving drums, soaring but mournful melody, full band, ghostly backing vocals]
Oh, Hollow Nest, you call my name,
Through broken dreams and endless rain,
I’m just a shade in your fading light,
Cutting through the endless night.

Oh, Hollow Nest, I’ll wander on,
Where the living fade and the brave are gone,
With every step, I lose my way,
But still I rise to face the gray.

[Verse 2 - heavier bass, sharper drums, tense strings, weary but determined vocal]
Through forgotten streets and roots that bind,
I chase the ghost of a kingdom blind,
Masks of sorrow, silk and rust,
All turned to hunger, ash, and dust.

And beneath the roar of ancient fear,
I can hear what was once held dear,
A heart that beat in a sealed-away core,
Now beating wrong forevermore.

[Bridge - stripped-back, haunted piano, distant cymbal swells, vulnerable vocals]
If I am nothing, let me be,
The blade that cuts through history,
A small, lost soul in a dead king’s dream,
Drifting where the shadows stream.

[Final Chorus - bigger drums, layered choir, distorted guitars, triumphant yet tragic]
Oh, Hollow Nest, you call my name,
Through broken dreams and endless rain,
I’m just a shade in your fading light,
Cutting through the endless night.

Oh, Hollow Nest, I’ll wander on,
Where the living fade and the brave are gone,
With every step, I lose my way,
But still I rise to face the gray.

[Outro - fading ambience, reverb-heavy vocals, delicate strings]
In the quiet under stone,
I carry a world that’s overgrown,
A little knight with a borrowed spark,
Lost in the beauty of the dark.