[Intro]
[Acoustic Guitar, Low Drone, Wind FX]
Whispers carried through the trees
Stories riding on the breeze
Once dismissed as something old
Now they’re breaking through the mold
[Verse 1]
Tales we told to pass the night
Shadows dancing in the light
Legends etched in fear and flame
Now they’re stepping out by name
Warnings buried, brushed aside
Truths we chose to let them hide
Every myth we laughed away
Has a voice we hear today
[Pre-Chorus]
What was fiction starts to form
Out beyond the quiet norm
Every doubt begins to crack
As the past comes rushing back
[Refrain]
No, it ain’t folklore
(Any more)
Oh, woe, can’t you see
(It’s turned into reality)
No, it ain’t folklore
(That’s that’s for sure)
Now it’s inevitability
[Verse 2]
Creatures crawling from the page
Ancient scripts in modern age
Every symbol, every sign
Falls into a perfect line
What we feared but never knew
Now is standing in full view
Every legend finds its place
Written on the human face
[Pre-Chorus]
Echoes louder than before
Knocking hard on every door
Every myth we tried to store
Spills out onto the floor
[Refrain]
No, it ain’t folklore
(Any more)
Oh, woe, can’t you see
(It’s turned into reality)
No, it ain’t folklore
(That’s that’s for sure)
Now it’s inevitability
[Bridge – Minimal, Haunting Vocals, Distant Percussion]
We told ourselves it wasn’t real
Just a way to make us feel
Safe inside a story’s frame
Now we only have ourselves to blame
[Breakdown – Drum Pulse, Low Chant]
Folklore… no more…
Folklore… no more…
[Final Refrain – Full Arrangement, Rising Intensity]
No, it ain’t folklore
(Any more)
Oh, woe, can’t you see
(It’s turned into reality)
No, it ain’t folklore
(That’s that’s for sure)
Now it’s inevitability
[Outro – Wind FX, Fading Acoustic Guitar, Whispered Voices]
Stories (told…)
Truths (unfold…)
Nothing left…
To call folklore…
(No, not any more)
From the album “Stranger Than Fiction“