Hollow Thunder

A person trading the safety of emotional armor for the terrifying, liberating act of being truly known.

[Intro]

(Atmospheric electric guitar arpeggios, clean tone with delay and reverb, sparse cymbal swells)

[Verse 1]

I've been keeping all my windows locked at night Sleeping with the radio turned low Running every conversation back Trying hard to let the easy answers show

[Pre-Chorus]

But something in you saw right through The careful way I moved I feel the pressure building in the stone Tired of being safe and sound, and all alone

[Chorus]

It's hollow thunder, all this noise I make The sound of someone holding on too late You found me in the quiet underneath Where the walls come down and the ground beneath my feet Feels like falling into something true Hollow thunder — it was never meant for you

[Verse 2]

You came around when I was running out of room Just a voice above the volume in my head I kept insisting that the cracks were decorations Built a story out of everything you said

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh something in you held the truth That I was too afraid to choose Now I feel the echo fading in the stone No more being safe and sound, and all alone

[Chorus]

It's hollow thunder, all this noise I make The sound of someone holding on too late You found me in the quiet underneath Where the walls come down and the ground beneath my feet Feels like falling into something true Hollow thunder — it was never meant for you

[Bridge]

I don't need the armor anymore I don't need to win the fight There's a version of me standing at your door It's time to let the thunder go

[Final Chorus]

No more hollow thunder, no more noise I make I'm done with all the holding on too late You found me in the quiet underneath Where the walls came down and the ground beneath my feet Feels like landing, feels like finally new Hollow thunder — it was always meant for you

[Outro]

It was always meant for you...

(Guitar fadeout)