Old Growth

I've hung on the edge of Earth

And was ready to let go

I've fallen on a mountain rise

And begun to build a home

There's real comfort

But I know I cannot stay

I must endure the pain

So I burn the empty frame

And as I carry on

I still collect those scars

Who says they should remind you

Of how capable you are?

To me they challenge

Every step I've ever laid

For every moment spent

Another sacrifice is made

Is there a way

A canyon better set by pace?

I'm sick of watching every day

Just go to waste

I'm losing faith

In all the mantras about pain

My shins are full of splints

And I'm still dying in the rain

It isn't fair

We battle relics from the past

What once protected us

Is now holding us back

If I could tell between

The urges and the needs

If I could only overcome

The primal part of me

I've been down to the conscious end

You wouldn't believe it

If you could have seen it

I've been down

Taking my nature by the throat

It's not hard, somehow, to forget

You feel that you're dying

It's you that you're fighting

I've been down

Taking my nature by the throat

Every enemy you've found

Old growth is harder to cut down

It pulls your hand away

When burning on a stove

It saves your energy

For when the food gets low

I reign of pleasure

Balanced by the rule of pain

Put a saddle on your heart

And a spur inside your brain

As you look closer

At the moss around your shins

You'll find you don't know where you stop

And where the wood begins

So as you cut away the vines

Just keep in mind

The reason I exist at all

To keep ourself alive

The real struggle comes

From knowing where to cut

Which canopies make shade

And which ones keep me in a rut

Or maybe all of that

Is venom from the vines

The woods impersonate yourself

Always keep that in mind

Who's really talking here?

Who's calling all the shots?

Am I just here to give suggestions to a box?

Why don't I have control?

I clearly know what's best

This carnal mother's seed will lay us both to rest

Dominance and discord

Fake it, take it all down

Torture your animal

You are the right way

Never back to the wall

Fake it, take it all down

You're not the animal

You are the right way

Dominance and discord

Fake it, take it all down

Torture your animal

You are the right way

Never back to the wall

Fake it, take it all down

You're not the animal

You are the right way

I've been down to the conscious end

You wouldn't believe it

If you could have seen it

I was down

Taking my nature by the throat

It's not hard, somehow, to forget

You feel that you're dying

It's you that you're fighting

I've been down

Taking my nature by the throat

Every enemy you've found

Old growth is harder to cut down

I've been down

You wouldn't believe it

If you could have seen it

I've been down

Taking my nature by the throat

It's not hard, somehow, to forget

You feel like you're dying

It's you that you're fighting

I've been down

Taking my nature by the throat

Every enemy you've found

Old growth is harder to cut down