Awakening · Track 02 / 05

Stirring

Before change has a name, it can begin as a feeling that will not leave. “Stirring” gives that unease a gathering pulse, building from quiet suspicion into an awakening that can no longer be ignored. It captures the moment when numbness starts giving way to awareness.

Awakening album-inspired artwork

The words

Lyrics

Whispers spreading through the haze, Broadcast echoes spin their maze, They sell us pills to keep our minds asleep, And pray we never dive into the deep. (Something’s stirring) Something’s breaking… feel it now… Something’s waking… don’t look down… Something’s stirring in the silence! Another scheme, another chain, A gleaming bait laced tight with gain, They wrap illusions ‘round our waking thought, They warp the truth to keep us distraught. (Somethings stirring) Feel it crawling through the sound… Something lost is coming round… Something’s stirring in the silence! There’s a pressure in the quiet, Like a crack beneath the skin, Something pulling, something shifting, Like it’s always been within… I can feel it-something’s wrong, But it’s been there all along. (Somethings stirring) Something’s stirring in the silence, Feel it rising underneath, Like a whisper turning violent, Calling something out of me… I can feel it, I can’t ignore- Something’s waking at the core. Can you feel it building now? Can you hear it breaking out? Something’s stirring in the silence!

Composed and written by: Eric Waller

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