Mother Mycelium

[Verse 1] I walked into the hollow where the roots drink deep Where the dead don't rest and the living weep I ate the fruit beneath the frost And everything I was got lost The forest floor began to breathe The trees leaned down and whispered, "Grieve" I felt my body turn to soil My name became a blackbird's toil [Pre-Chorus - Chanted] (Backing: "Under, under, under we go...") I am not the man I was I am not the man I know I am what the dirt decides I am what the roots will grow [Chorus] Mother Mycelium, under my skin Whispering roots where the light gets thin I hear the dirt and the dirt hears me Mother Mycelium, set me free Break me open, bury me deep Teach my bones what the dead roots keep All I was and all I'll be Feeds the forest underneath [Verse 2] She's not a drug, she is a wire Connecting every funeral pyre The mushroom speaks in ancient tongue Of every death, of everyone My grandmother beneath the oak Her voice came up through mist and smoke She said, "Child, the body is a loan But the network is the only home" [Pre-Chorus - Chanted] (Backing: "Under, under, under we go...") Anxiety is just a severed thread Shame is just a root that bled Plug me back into the ground Where the real and sacred spread [Chorus] Mother Mycelium, under my skin Whispering roots where the light gets thin I hear the dirt and the dirt hears me Mother Mycelium, set me free Break me open, bury me deep Teach my bones what the dead roots keep All I was and all I'll be Feeds the forest underneath [Bridge - Dark, Cinematic, Fiddle Peaks] (Building intensity) I saw the dead walking underground Their hands were roots, their eyes were sound They weren't ghosts, they were a garden Growing where the pain had found them And the mother, she was everywhere In the bark, the bone, the air She said, "You were never separate, son You were always part of one" [Final Chorus - Full Explosive Catharsis] Mother Mycelium, through my veins Healing what the world explains I hear the dirt and the dirt knows me Mother Mycelium, I am free Break me open, make me new Teach my flesh what the spores knew All I was and all I'll be Feeds the forest... feeds the tree... [Outro - Whispered Over Fading Tribal Drums] Under... under... under... The dirt hears me... The dirt hears me... (fade to silence)