broken open seed

A broken open seed, imagine me

Lying 'neath the ground all covered in leaves

Still, there are wars we wage

Against everything we've made

When everything's asleep

It's catching up with me, the symmetry

Of everything on earth that lives and breathes

The very voice of earth

That groans beneath the dirt

When everything's asleep

I've been waiting for sunlight

And for dawn to approach

And, my Lord, it's a long night

And the smoke hung like ghosts

So I'll rub my face

And the scales will fall away

When everything's asleep

I'm waking up the trees, the suffering

The glory and the grace the eye can see

I'd rather die tonight

Than live a life with vacant eyes

When everything's asleep

A broken open seed, imagine me

Lying 'neath the ground all covered in leaves

The very voice of earth

That groans beneath the dirt

When everything's asleep

Everything's asleep

Everything but me