Hollow Casing

Verse

Casing on the table

Empty since the shot

I know the shape stays

Even when it's not

Copper going cold

Powder long since spent

I know the form outlives

The thing that once was meant

Pre-Chorus

Tell me what the casing keeps

When the charge is through

Tell me what the shell remembers

Once it's fired through

Chorus

Hollow casing

Still holds the line

I know it's empty

I know it's mine

Verse

Stack them on the shelf

Each one looks the same

I know the dent

I know the maker's name

Weight without the load

Shape without the sound

I know the casing echoes

Long after it hits the ground

Pre-Chorus

Tell me what the casing keeps

When the charge is through

Tell me what the shell remembers

Once it's fired through

Chorus

Hollow casing

Still holds the line

I know it's empty

I know it's mine

Bridge

Not the powder

Not the spark

Just the metal

Keeping shape after dark

Not the impact

Not the blast

Just the casing

Built to outlast

Chorus

Hollow casing

Still holds the line

I know it's empty

I know it's mine