Phototroph

"Been living underneath

Murk and muck in the reeds

And the light was

Something I'd dreamed

Then the photons reached

'Neath the violent sea

Then the fright was

Broken on the rocks

Then I heard a voice

That didn't speak

But sang in song:

""All ye who enter,

Abandon all woe""

So I rose to my feet

Brash and bold, I breached

Found that light was

Something I need

Heard the hope in the breeze

So I chose to live free

Left the tide pool

I'd been hiding under

Then I heard a voice

That didn't speak

But sang in song:

""All ye who enter,

Abandon all woe""

I've been down

On that goddamn floor

Too fuckin' long

All ye who enter

Abandon all woe

Crawled out the cave

Wiped the dirt clean from my face

I breathed deep the free air

Saw my broken past

Had only helped me last this long

I've been down, but I ain't done yet

Oh, then it came to me

That the shadows I'd seen

Only meant to reveal

That the light was right behind me

The whole time

Then I was the voice

That didn't speak

But sang in song:

""All ye who enter,

Abandon all woe""

I've been down

On that goddamn floor

Too fuckin' long

All we who venture

Abandon what's known"