Do you believe in what lies under the veil?
And if the world unraveled, could anyone tell?
Are we the secret love children kept from the blind?
Do you believe in fables? They’ve all come alive.
Rise up. We’re running out of time.
Our days are numbered by the skies.
Wielding blades bigger than ourselves
Under fire hotter than Hell.
I’ve found a thousand unread letters.
Intentions forgotten and weathered.
Reclaim our stolen asylum
Starlight burns in our lungs.
A message from the prophet followed me down
into the lovely wastelands that lay underground.
Pre-written destination, send me through the sky
I’ll inherit the fragments of truth left behind.
Rise up. We’re running out of time.
Our days are numbered by the skies.
Wielding blades bigger than ourselves
Snuffing fire hotter than Hell.
The ocean is welcoming me home.
I follow currents to the unknown.
Reclaim our stolen history
Starlight burns inside me.
Pyres across the field
Immortalized sword and shield.
If this is how we go
at least I will know
What we’re fighting for.
We have the eyes of warriors.
This is who we are.
Rise up. We’re shattering the limits.
The smoke is clearing from our vision.
Divine bronze sparkles on our blades
Can’t burn us under the flames.
The ocean is welcoming me home.
I follow currents to the unknown.
Rewrite our stolen history
Starlight burns inside me.
credits
from In The Rough (deluxe),
released August 7, 2020
written and performed by Gio Navas
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