Phototroph

(album: Phototroph - 2022)

Been living underneath
Murk and muck in the reeds
And the light was
Something I'd dreamed

Then the photons reached
'Neath the violent sea
And the fright was
Broken on the rocks

Then I heard a voice
That didn't speak
But sang in song
"All ye who enter, abandon all woe"

So I rose to my feet
Brash and bold, I breached
Found that light was
Something I need

Heard the hope in the breeze
So I chose to live free
Left the tide pool
I'd been hiding under

Then I heard a voice
That didn't speak
But sang in song
"All ye who enter, abandon all woe"

I've been down on that goddamn floor
Too fucking long
"All ye who enter, abandon all woe"

Crawled out the cave
Wiped the dirt clean from my face
I breathed deep the free air
Saw my broken past
Had only helped me last this long
I've been down, but I ain't done yet

Oh, then it came to me
That the shadows I'd seen
Only meant to reveal
That the light was right behind me
The whole time

Then I was the voice
That didn't speak
But sang in song
"All ye who enter, abandon all woe"

I've been down on that goddamn floor
Too fucking long
"All we who venture, abandon what's known"