The Chords That Thrum Beneath the Earth - Hope Drone

Etched in forever, the sum of all that was and all that will be;

Humanity’s agonal breath

It whispers through the trees

A call to nothing

Violence, in the chords that thrum beneath the earth

A low note, it carries on the winds

To every riven channel’s depths

And to every quiet corner

Where history resonates

Malice, in the chords that thrum beneath the earth

(Beneath the earth)

And in the breaking light, we’ll see the world for what it is

Darkness unredeemable

The looming crescendo of the merciless

Dragging all to stillness

The world turns, to the chords that thrum beneath the earth

Beneath the earth

We walk to the glow of forest fires

Wading in paths of black ink

All things of beauty are forgotten;

every night is come

The world: at its end and unending