Heathen Heart

You see there is this concept

That has consumed my head

And it’s very same thought

That has been turning me over in my bed

Do you hear that unfamiliar rattle?

The sound of my knees as their growing weak

I’m not used to kissing the dirt

It crawled in between my ribs

And its chipping away at my concrete heart

My worlds spinning, I’ve lost my bearings

Give me a chance to find my footing

I’m struggling to wrap my mind around this single thing

How I’ve strained myself endlessly

I’ve made a fool of the grindstone

I’ve worked my fingers down to the bone

To earn something that was there all along

Rats are caught in traps and dogs kept on chains

Thieves are apprehended, murderers put in cages

Am I any better than these?

Am I not one in the same?

So what qualifies me to be a recipient?

What do I have to offer?

I’m undeserving, I’m unworthy

I’m undeserving, I’m unworthy

This is unjust

Extrinsic

What conditional creatures we are

If your nature was something similar

What conditional creatures we are

If your nature was something similar

You would have burned this bridge

You would have cut the ties a long time ago

You see there is this concept

That has consumed my head

And it’s the very same thought

That has been turning me over in my bed

You chose to love me even though I was dead