I keep it tucked
Right under bone
A little fire
That knows my name
It knocks once slow
Then settles in
A low prayer
Against my skin
I hold my breath
It starts to move
A hidden line
Inside the ribs
I bend my head
And let it ring
A quiet ache
That still can sing
Sternum hymn
Sternum hymn
Hear it rise
Behind my skin
Sternum hymn
Sternum hymn
Keep me near
Where I begin
When words go thin
And nights get hard
It stays right there
A guarded spark
Not loud enough
To break the room
But close enough
To pull me through
I hold my breath
It starts to move
A hidden line
Inside the ribs
I bend my head
And let it ring
A quiet ache
That still can sing
Sternum hymn
Sternum hymn
Hear it rise
Behind my skin
Sternum hymn
Sternum hymn
Keep me near
Where I begin
If I get lost
In shadowed years
Let this small pulse
Lead me here
No grand flame
No wide command
Just this low prayer
In my chestbone's hand
Sternum hymn
Sternum hymn
Hear it rise
Behind my skin
Sternum hymn
Sternum hymn
Keep me near
Where I begin
- Lyricist
Dovren Hales
- Composer
Dovren Hales
- Producer
Ronan Elster
- Vocals
Dovren Hales
Listen to Sternum Hymn by Dovren Hales
Streaming / Download
- 1
Bone Quiet
Dovren Hales
- 2
Mourning in Circulation
Dovren Hales
- 3
Skin Learns the Tempo
Dovren Hales
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Sternum Hymn
Dovren Hales
- 5
Nerve Psalms
Dovren Hales
- 6
Your Silence in My Circulation
Dovren Hales
- 7
Lament Circuit
Dovren Hales
- 8
A Prayer With No Mouth
Dovren Hales
- 9
Choir for a Nervous System
Dovren Hales
- 10
I Measure Grief in Tremors
Dovren Hales
- 11
The Body Counts in Minor
Dovren Hales
- 12
Pulse Learns Silence
Dovren Hales
Dovren Hales' second album, Threnody in the Pulse, is a dark pop record about the mourning that remains inside the body after escape
The pressure of notifications, expectations, watchful eyes, and the past has quieted, but a low elegy still moves through the pulse
Built on heavy sub-bass, intimate low-mid male vocals, and sparse unsettling production, the album captures emotions that never became a scream, repeating quietly beneath the skin
