The Silent Earth by Eddie Smokes

[Verse 1] In the hush where the rivers once whispered their names, now black oil weeps slow through their porcelain veins. The willows hang heavy with a chemical rain, and the meadows lie gasping in a gray, endless pain. No lark lifts its voice to the pale morning sky— only the factories sigh their mechanical lie. The earth turns her face from the sun’s weary gold, a mother grown weary of the children she’s told.[Chorus] Oh, the silent earth, my old friend, you’ve carried our sins till your bones start to bend. We poisoned your blood with our smoke and our greed, now your heartbeat grows faint where the wild things once breathed. Silent earth… silent earth… the last song you sing is the sound of our leaving.[Verse 2] The oceans wear necklaces of plastic and bone, their blue eyes gone milky, their coral turned stone. The forests stand skeletal, stripped to the core, their green lungs collapsing on a chemical floor. The deer walk in circles where the grass used to shine, their tongues thick with metal, their eyes full of brine. We built towers of profit on the grave of the bloom— now the wind only carries the smell of our tomb.[Bridge – softer, almost spoken over single guitar notes] And the children will ask what the blue sky once was, what the fish in the stream ever were. We will answer with silence, with ash in our palms, and the weight of the world that we murdered for alms.[Verse 3 – voices swell in tight harmony, guitar tremolo] So lay down your banners, your engines, your pride— the planet is closing her beautiful eyes. No trumpet, no mourner, no prayer will be heard, just the slow, final sigh of a wounded bird. The hills wear their scars like a crown made of rust, and the last flower wilts in a blanket of dust. We cried for tomorrow while we buried today— now the earth slips away… slips away.[Final Chorus – voices thin and fragile, guitar slowing to a stop] Oh, the silent earth, my old friend, your heartbeat grows still where the rivers once ran. We poisoned your veins and we shattered your skin— now the only sound left is the end coming in. Silent earth… silent earth… sleep soft in the dark we have made you within.[Outro – single guitar arpeggio fading into nothing, last whisper] Sleep soft… the world is already gone.