the ascent
caligula's horse
this is the way that we hand control to gravity's grip
before we can rise we must be laid low
only to pray they won't forget me
cast to the ground when i reached for the war
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
you were born to the ascent
bear your heart into the end of me
if i am breathing through you
with the face of our fathers below
and no fear to follow the way forward
and so into your hands i leave all that i could not reach
you are the worlds colliding
we have all been building worlds
like loss could colour cloud and distance edify
the decaying heartbeat of the sky
so as the hills drink deep
we watch survivors trace their old calligraphy
all it took to leave my hate to lie
what a privilege it is to watch the day's last colour die
and into your hands i leave all that i could not reach
you are the worlds colliding
the fall will take form into ascent
the fall will take form into ascent