The Ascent

This is the way that we hand control to gravity’s grip, the way that it goes Before we can rise we must be laid low Bloodied, alive, I make it to my knees, only to pray they won’t forget me Cast to the ground when I reached for the war So climb Rise in the rot and set the pace to stay The heart is the way where the markers were laid Higher again until we’re leaving our own We climb The fight and the form, the ever forward, mine Boot to the hold, one tread at a time Hand over hand, the path as it winds So climb So rise radiant You are the way You were born to the ascent, so rise, my radiant With my pride, bear your heart into the end of me There is no death I am with you, my darling, if I am breathing through you Death only is to wake, with the face of our fathers below, and no fear to follow the way forward Love There is no pride, I am with you, my darling This is your time, and so into your hands I leave all that I could not reach You are the worlds colliding The sail unfurls We have all been building worlds Forward, like loss could colour cloud and distance edify A farewell to sunrise, the decaying heartbeat of the sky So as the hills drink deep, we watch survivors trace their old calligraphy in light Forward, with all I took with me A spite of my design Too long the lesson, all it took to leave my hate to lie What a privilege it is to watch the day’s last colour die, teaching us to climb Forward now Through And into your hands I leave all that I could not reach You are the worlds colliding We built a world Your sails unfurled Forward now Through The way is forward The fall will take form into ascent You are the sun Rise radiant, become the light alive, the fight and the climb, the strife, the day We are the sun Rise radiant My love the way forward The fall will take form into ascent You are the sun Rise radiant, become the light alive, the fight and the climb, the strife, the day We are the sun Rise radiant, my love --- The Ascent - Caligula's Horse