Valhalla

Shed your skin, days on years Punished by pressured time When underneath, you're balancing All this hate and selfless misconception What once was full is just the husk Of a deceived creature of habits Black ink can't pierce this deep By your side, I watched the birds of prey Bind the skies and hold in wait We cannot mend what is sealed by fate No future, contentment with complacency Absorbing disappointment, bite the hand that feeds I gave up everything to make you feel complete Drenched in cold sweat from lost comfort of safety You resonate with hatred My pulse is racing in my chest I lie awake to imagine pathways of escape as they disappear All these words mean nothing if we fall face first From running away from something that we saw coming Embrace this sunset as cloak and dagger for you to cower Hidden by shadows, with filthy nails of gripping cowards Shed your skin Refuse to be loved by yourself to grow free from villainous vines Refuse love from anyone else to sever ties that have grown intertwined My failing mind has been oppressed And I lie awake to embrace a pathway of escape Disappear without a trace All these words mean nothing if we fall face first From running away from something that we saw coming Rise through the wake Sliding through the pulse of the ocean tide Rise through the wake Sliding through the pulse of the ocean tide Shed your skin, shed your skin I've always known what's underneath Rise through the wake or be the crashing waves Rise through the wake Sliding through the pulse of the ocean tide Rise through the wake Slide Refuse to be loved by yourself to grow free from villainous vines Refuse love from anyone else to sever ties that have grown intertwined --- Valhalla - Erra