Here they come... All the terrible people... [Verse 1] [112 BPM, intimate, queasy, building] Forty-five minutes and the jungle's crawling in (in in) Serpent at the base of my spine begins (gins) Every terrible person I've ever known (known) Is lining up to show me I'm not alone (lone lone lone) There's my father with his fists made of fear (fear) There's my ex with the knife and the tear (tear) There's the boss who made me feel so small (small) And the vine says "look closer at them all" (all all all) [micro-hook, spiraling] Terrible people (people) Terrified inside (side) Terrible people (people) Just trying to hide (hide hide hide) [Pre-Chorus] [tempo descending to 78 BPM, sinking deeper] La purga (purga) Is coming (coming) The body (body) Knows something (something) Surrender (render) To the heaving (heaving) What's leaving (leaving) Was never worth keeping (keeping) [negative space — jungle breathing] [Chorus] [tempo blooms to 142 BPM half-time feel, massive, cathartic] AND I'M VOMITING UP EVERY GRUDGE I HELD! (held! held!) Every poison that I swallowed and I never yelled! (yelled!) The terrible people were just wounded children too! (too!) And the most terrible person in the room was— (was—) ME REFUSING TO SEE THROUGH! (through!) [8D rotation, serpent synths] Ayahuasca! (huasca!) Show me what they carried! (carried!) Ayahuasca! (huasca!) Show me where I'm buried! (buried!) The vine is whispering that hurt people hurt! (hurt!) And healing is just remembering our worth! (worth worth worth!) [Verse 2] [94 BPM, deeper journey, softer] Now the serpent's showing me their origin (gin) Every terrible act had a wound within (thin) My father learned his fists from his father's hands (hands) Generations of boys who couldn't understand (stand stand stand) My ex was just a mirror of my own neglect (lect) The boss was drowning in his own unchecked (checked) Terror of being seen as less than whole (whole) The vine says "everyone's protecting their soul" (soul soul soul) [micro-hook, compassion rising] Terrible people (people) Were babies once (once) Terrible people (people) Still want the sun (sun sun sun) [Pre-Chorus] [floating, mother ayahuasca presence] She shows me (shows me) My own teeth (teeth) All the times (times) I caused grief (grief) Forgiveness (giveness) Starts inside (side) Can't give what (what) I haven't applied (plied plied) [Chorus] [full 150 BPM half-time, euphoric purge, vocoded layers] AND I'M VOMITING UP EVERY TIME I WAS THE WOUND! (wound! wound!) Every terrible thing I did in every room! (room!) I was someone's terrible person, don't you see? (see!) The medicine is showing what I did to— (to—) THEM WHILE BLAMING THEM FOR ME! (me!) [maximum catharsis, all elements] Ayahuasca! (huasca!) Hold my terrible self! (self!) Ayahuasca! (huasca!) Take it off the shelf! (shelf!) The vine is teaching that we're all the same vine! (vine!) Every terrible person is just the divine! (vine!) Forgetting! (getting!) Forgetting! (getting!) That it's divine! (vine vine vine!) [Bridge] [tempo suspended, infinite pause, icaros melody] [spoken, overlapping with grandmother voice] She said... "Child... you came here to judge them..." "But I'm showing you their cradles..." "Every monster was a baby..." "Every villain had a mother..." "Every terrible person is just..." "The universe... having a nightmare..." "About being separate..." [serpent tone, sustained] And you (you you) Are the universe (verse verse) Having the dream (dream dream) Of waking up (up up up) [Verse 3] [tempo returning 126 BPM, integration, dawn approaching] The ceremony's ending and the sun's about to rise (rise) I've seen every terrible person through compassion's eyes (eyes) Not excusing what they did but understanding why (why) Hurt is just a language when you never learned to cry (cry cry cry) Pouring back into my body with a different weight (weight) The resentment I was carrying has changed its state (state) From solid stone to river flowing out to sea (sea) The terrible people are just fractals of the we (we we we) [micro-hook, grounded] Terrible people (people) Including me (me) Learning to be (be) Humanity (ty ty ty) [Final Chorus] [warm 126 BPM, integrated, resolved] AND I'M RISING WITH EVERY GRUDGE RELEASED! (leased!) Every poison transmuted to peace! (peace!) The terrible people taught me where I break! (break!) And breaking was the only way to wake! (wake!) I'M THE TERRIBLE PERSON LEARNING GRACE! (grace!) [gentle, dawn energy] Ayahuasca! (huasca!) Thank you for the mirror! (mirror!) Ayahuasca! (huasca!) Everything is clearer! (clearer!) The vine showed me that judgment is a cage! (cage!) And compassion is the key at every age! (age!) Forgiving! (giving!) Forgiving! (giving!) Is how we turn the page! (page page page!) The terrible people... are going home now... Back to their lives... with their wounds... And so am I... with mine... But now I know... We're the same wound... Learning to heal... In different rooms...
