Never Gone

Intro

Low light

Thick air drips down my tongue

Violet honey

A breath slow as burial

Ghost slide of steel

Memory melting

Verse 1

Beneath the gold horizon

Dead trees crawl

Sweet rot inside—sun resin running

Three words spoken

Sticky, sacred, sinking

I follow flies, silver wings sing

Why do I stay? Why do I stay?

Body breaks but the mind won’t fade

Chorus

Honey ride

I sweeten, decay, I sweeten

Honey ride

Time softens the skin, wears me thin

I am awake, I am awake—never gone

Honey ride

Post-Chorus

Rain down, rain down

Oceans of honey

Rain down, rain down

Oceans of honey

Verse 2

Sap and bone entwined

Symphony of soft invasion

In darkness I taste

Golden rivers run

Maybe I’m breathing

Maybe this is drowning

Motionless, always moving

Time sours and sweetens

Chorus

Honey ride

I sweeten, decay, I sweeten

Honey ride

Time softens the skin, wears me thin

I am awake, I am awake—never gone

Honey ride

Post-Chorus

Rain down, rain down

Oceans of honey

Rain down, rain down

Oceans of honey

Bridge

Anaphora of longing—never let go

Never let go

Never let go

thick with gold,

Decay beneath, beneath, buried below

Sacred suffering

Skin breaks open, drips slow

Listen: life and rot, pleasure and pain

I remain, I remain, I remain

Verse 3

Luminous surf, cosmic undertone

Brittle bones waiting

Swallow the sweet—sting follows

My tongue tastes endings

A requiem sung by insects

Creaking wood, dripping honey

Alive in this collapse

Time rushes, then stands—stops

Chorus

Honey ride

I sweeten, decay, I sweeten

Honey ride

Time softens the skin, wears me thin

I am awake, I am awake—never gone

Honey ride

Outro

The ride—the rot—the sweet

Never undone

A soul in the sand

Eyes open

Blinded

But burning in honey

A hymn for what’s swallowed, forgotten, alive