[Intro - whispered, almost spoken] Be careful what you feed. Not everything that grows deserves to live. [Verse 1] I used to think the mind was empty A room where thoughts could come and go But every fear I kept returning to Started learning where I lived Every wound I kept rehearsing Every enemy I kept alive Every story I told myself enough Began to look like truth I gave my anger a chair I gave my sorrow a name I gave my fear a little fire Then wondered why it stayed [Pre-Chorus] Attention is a doorway Whatever enters leaves a trace What you hold beneath the surface Starts becoming what you face [Chorus] What you feed grows What you repeat becomes Every thought you keep alive Is becoming part of you What you feed grows What you give your power to Feed the darkness, it learns your name Feed the light, it learns you too [Verse 2] You can water every bitterness You can keep the old flame bright You can build a shrine to everything That hurt you in another life You can call it being careful You can call it knowing better But sometimes what you call protection Is just a cage you've learned to decorate And love can grow in silence When you give it room to breathe A single act of tenderness Can become a way of being [Pre-Chorus] Attention is a doorway Whatever enters leaves a trace What you hold beneath the surface Starts becoming what you face [Chorus] What you feed grows What you repeat becomes Every thought you keep alive Is becoming part of you What you feed grows What you give your power to Feed the darkness, it learns your name Feed the light, it learns you too [Instrumental Break - Deep pulsing bass Slow heartbeat percussion Whispered fragments moving across the stereo field:] Feed it... Feed it... Feed it... What are you feeding? [Bridge - intimate, almost spoken] You don't have to kill the darkness. Just stop feeding it. You don't have to chase the light. Just stop turning away. Not every thought deserves belief. Not every feeling deserves a throne. Not every wound deserves to become your home. Choose what gets your attention. Choose what gets your breath. Choose what you carry forward. Because energy follows devotion. And devotion changes everything. [Build] I feed what I want to become. I feed what I want to remain. I feed the roots beneath the surface. I choose what grows. I choose what grows. I choose... [Final Chorus - expansive] What you feed grows What you repeat becomes Every thought you keep alive Is becoming part of you What you feed grows What you give your power to Feed the darkness, it learns your name Feed the light, it learns you too What you feed grows So choose what you keep alive Every word becomes a root Every thought becomes a vine What you feed grows And now I finally know The spell was never outside me. I was the one who chose what would grow. [Outro - whispered] Be careful what you feed. It is listening. It is learning. It is growing. And one day... you may have to live inside it.
