Fair Chase

It wouldn’t leave me like it left them
Wait by the river
I'll bring her tethered
I want you to survive
Bone crushing bone
The roots exposed
Hot on the season
Sweat off this fever
I want you to survive

She said: The Earth will provide
As long as you feel its grasp
Oh, nothing is had with promise of more
Let's do it before she asks
Because the question won't be in words

Well then, let's tie her up
Make this quick
Here, grab hold and I will fix the stitch
I kept stabbing at your chest
Like diving in water
Your rib cage denied me
But I would dig harder

I remember every word
Stumbling out of that mouth
I had to witness the last fumes
The last fumes that your lungs soak up

If we let you loose what would you do with your hands?
We tied you up because if you had the chance
You’d slaughter every one of us
Would you let us live?

I remember every word
Out of that mouth
I had to witness the last fumes
I remember every word
I had to witness the last fumes
Fumes your lungs soak up

Winding down the cosmic clock
We wither when we grow up
Winding down the cosmic clock
We start to bloom just before we rot
Winding down the cosmic clock
We wither when we grow up

Dream within a dream
When it ends
We turn to dust when we rest
The world we seek is within you and me
It’s held like a thought and we traveled this far
Don’t let it go to waste
Find a way to leave this place
It’s held like a thought and we traveled this far
Don’t let it go to waste
Find a way to leave this place