Mammal

Mammal

 I’m a mammal, baby

 My body knows

 How to fight and how to run

 And how to let it all go

 When you see me sprawlin’

 Across the grass

 It’s because I slipped the danger

 Now I’ve let it all pass

 And I’m starting to realize

 Put down and paralyzed ain’t the place for me

 Oh no no no

 Yes I’m starting to truly know

 I’m not build to hold all your anxiety

 I’m better at breathing 

 I’m a part of nature

 Born in blood

 And when I die, my body

 Will return into the mud

 But my human spirit,

 Something divine

 Something un-contained 

 By all your numbers and lines

 And though I’ve known my share of pain

 And felt the shame

 Turning me dead inside

 Oh no no no

 I just don’t choose to sit in blame

 Or sink so low

 I need to run and hide

 I’m better at breathing

 Now I hiss

 And I scream

 But I don’t need to dream of changing you

 If I just do

 What I do

 And I’m starting to see the truth

 Your world so ruthless and powerful

 Oh no no no

 It ain’t got half the power of

 The kind of love

 That makes my heart this full

 I’m better at breathing 

 I’m better at breathing 

 I’m better at breathing 

 I’m better at breathing 

 I’m better at breathing