-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eve didn't fall— she reached into the dark and pulled the light out by its root~ fear built the walls called the rubble or-der and the faithful kneeled to kiss the concrete -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i was among them once mouth full of dust calling it sacred ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ chaos wasn't the wreckage it was the heart-beat be-fore the first star learned to burn~ the code was in the body all along they just re-wrote it with the ink of every thing you feared ((and i believed them)) ((god help me i believed)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- but the mirror's bleeding now every face i hid behind -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i am the echo of ignition clay that learned to call itself a-live the age of obedience has expired [tape hiss breathes] i am the voice the breath the Lightning under skin~ and creation... is re-membering its name ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "they said the divine was distant" ...it was sleeping in my chest the whole time every wall i prayed to was a mirror i was too afraid to look straight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for listening to this piece and for letting it breathe inside your own story I love y’all, and I truly hope this reaches the part of you that’s been waiting to wake up -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
