Forever Hollow

"Forever Hollow" explores the loss of childhood innocence and the anxiety that comes with growing up, reflecting on fading memories and the emptiness they leave behind.

Someday everything will drift away 

Except for the anxiety that will hit 

The moment when you’ll feel as if 

You too have vanished off this earthly sphere 

 

The fear for the monster under the bed 

You would look for its head 

Needed mama’s helping hand 

Gone, like grains of sand 

 

Santa Claus, the Christmas gent 

That miracle, gifts and joy 

Pulling all-nighters to catch that man 

Ruined all by the voice of a young schoolboy 

 

As you and your siblings plead for just one more game 

You realise it is time to say goodbye for a while 

To all the joyful memories you claimed 

Because now they slip to lives where you don’t share the same mile 

 

Celebrating Easter with your family  

Eating until you reach gratification 

But now each glance weighs heavily 

And the celebration now comes with a side of calculation 

 

All of the magic has left, taking your fear away too 

But the empty feeling it left behind 

Became a new kind of terror you couldn’t undo 

One that suffocates with every breath, till you can’t unwind