Retrofit

from Heimaey by Given Chain

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- Retrofit -

Breathe in, feel the air
Breathe out, feel it leave.
Go on, cut your hair
Stick to your beliefs.
Breathe in – something dies
Breathe out – it’s replaced
Grow out your old skin
Breathe in

Like a shark you have to stay in motion
Not to drown in your stale ocean.
You turned your gaze to skies
YOu built a shelter against the storm
Advance and grow
Enforce and show
What you have become
What you have become

Not everything that you find has a place in your archive
Not everything that you find has a place in your archive
Cutting off and letting go
Sorting out and throwing out
Cutting off and letting go
Sorting out and throwing out

You crawled out of the water
You crawled onto the land
Passed are the days as a savage
Walk upright, tools in hand

Through pressure your crust has burst open again,
bringing in heat the death as expected
Although we feared the anguish and pain
We know the lava nourishes dead
From one cell to two cells to organism
The void that was left right when everything died
Is filled by the on coming generations
Their heads break through ashes and peak at the light

Growing through the ashen crust
A seed’s will to strive can’t be stopped

So if you feel like you can’t go on
Think of these plants
Spread your leaves up

Soft plants are breaking through thick and hard stone
This should be easy with flesh and with bone
Soft plants are breaking through thick and hard stone
This should be easy with flesh and with bone

You crawled from under the lava
You crawled into the sun
Passed are the days as a seedling
Walk upright, tools in hand.

Or not.

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from Heimaey, released July 13, 2020

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