The Ascent

This is the way that we hand control to gravity's grip

The way that it goes

Before we can rise we must be laid low

Bloodied, alive, I make it to my knees

Only to pray they won't forget me

Cast to the ground when I reached for the war

So climb

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

We climb

The fight and the form

The ever forward, mine

Boot to the hold

One tread at a time

Hand over hand

The path as it winds

So climb

So rise radiant

You are the way

You were born to the ascent

So rise, my radiant

With my pride, bear your heart into the end of me

There is no death

I am with you, my darling

If I am breathing through you

Death only is to wake

With the face of our fathers below

And no fear to follow the way forward

Love

There is no pride

I am with you, my darling

This is your time

And so into your hands I leave all that I could not reach

You are the worlds colliding

The sail unfurls

We have all been building worlds

Forward

Like loss could colour cloud and distance edify

A farewell to sunrise

The decaying heartbeat of the sky

So as the hills drink deep

We watch survivors trace their old calligraphy in light

Forward

With all I took with me

A spite of my design

Too long the lesson

All it took to leave my hate to lie

What a privilege it is to watch the day's last colour die

Teaching us to climb

Forward now

Through

And into your hands I leave all that I could not reach

You are the worlds colliding

We built a world

Your sails unfurled

Forward now

Through

The way is forward

The fall will take form into ascent

You are the Sun

Rise radiant

Become the light alive

The fight and the climb

The strife, the day

We are the Sun

Rise radiant

My love the way forward

The fall will take form into ascent

You are the Sun

Rise radiant

Become the light alive

The fight and the climb

The strife, the day

We are the Sun

Rise radiant, my love