Overgrown

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Well I’ve been walkin
down some highways and toll roads
This broken ground is talking,
where once was barren is now overgrown

Now I owe my life to death
I owe my gods the rest
All that's mine is this listless reverie

And it's been raining for 40 days
but I’m parched as a bone
All my mem'ries fadin,
sunbleached by a light that all around me shown

Now, I got a restless tongue
I’ve never been but young
Am I defined by this listless reverie

And I’m right in the middle of my skin
But oooh, I’m not sure how long I'll be here
Where prophets call, my spirit wanders
Where towers fall my spirit wanders
And one and all we all shall wander - Bodies stalled, our spirits wander

When my mind is breaking cause
I spent too much time on my couch in my house all alone
All my fears I’m takin,
making every one of them a loud, loud and rattlin bone

Oh how sweet to forget
I’m not my own self yet
I’m still defined by this listless reverie

And I’m right in the middle of my skin
But I’m not sure how long ill be here
Where prophets call, my spirit wanders
Where towers fall my spirit wanders
And one and all we all shall wander - Bodies stalled, our spirits wander

It’s been a long time comin. Long time comin. Long time comin
But now that long times come and gone

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from The Great Beforetimes, released May 3, 2022

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