(0:21) It’s both a blessing and a curse.
Testing me to be my best until I rest in peace,
but it’s pressin’ deep inside my weaknesses incessantly.
It festers in my sleep, keepin’ me from just a wink.
But it’s more than what it seems.
It gave me what I hadn’t dreamed.
Forged me in its fire, ‘til I was ready to be unsheathed,
like a sword that rends asunder what I didn’t need.
It plundered life it seemed,
but it left me standin’ strong, implanted like a tree.
I’d been a seed, but I’d been granted what I now understand to be the reason why
I’m standin’ high above the canopy and seein’ sights I hadn’t dreamed.
I’d been floatin’ on my static and my ease.
I’d been motionless, but time and I did not see eye to eye,
it kept shovin’ me until like suddenly I said, “Alright, I’ve had enough of these patterns, please.
It’s time to stretch myself and see what I can be.
I’m tired a’ tryin’ to carve a niche, just so I can stick my head into the sand and sleep.” (1:02)

(1:14) So now I’m on cusp of where I’m standing, and I love the view.
It’s somethin’ new, outta dust came some structure and I trust what I can do,
cuz its not about just me or you, it’s about being true,
and leadin’ life along a path of meaning ‘til the final hues fade
into whatever may ensue beyond this phase.
From the cradle to the grave, we pursue whatever we define to be a reason why,
but time is more that but a place to play and feel your pain.
I’m tryin’ to peel back the layers, break the chains,
‘til the only thing (that) remains is eternity.
These days aren’t a certainty.
I’m amazed at what the earth can be. (1:46)

(2:07)At times, it hurts to be free, but its worse to be trapped inside a lie,
nurtured from its seed.
So we’re burstin’ out until in life we’ve found the fountain of its sea.
Beyond the boundaries a’ sound we finally breathe,
but there’s fallacies surrounding every breath, that’s how it seems.
But when the clouds will finally clear, we can see what we could never even dream.
We don’t need to crowd around and shout it out until ya hear,
cuz this Gift is grounded in the mountains, in the cities, in the mirror.
You can find it in a blink or you may need a thousand years,
but without an effort you may miss your chance to delve into the mysteries of why we’re here.
There’s more to life than tryin’ to find the time to unwind,
so listen here.
Drop your superficial wishes, cuz we’ve got a world to build,
let’s persevere.
Birth your effort with exertion.
Immerse your essence ‘til the pain a’ growth is ever present, drop your fears.
The resonance of what you’ve wanted is what holds you back from seein’ clear.
It’s like an echo that just won’t let go, it lives inside your ear,
bumpin’ back and forth until you deem it to be true,
but its deafening and drowin’ out the blessed tune
of reality.
This is just an analogy, but like a crescent moon,
there’s more to be seen than just the sliver of its sight,
cuz its like we’re only in a womb.
How are we to see the whole when confided inside the only time we knew?
It’s time to finally bloom and rise and reach up to the skies to find the truth. (3:21)