Entwined in this perfect second
Growing together side by side
I could feel the cracks in the solid ground
Our foundation decaying
Everything that we have built
Is quickly burning down
Twin flames igniting our surroundings
What is lost will not be found
I watched you blossom
Now I'm wilting alone without you
Tear up the roots from beneath my feet
Return me to the dirt underneath
Flora
Float away from me
I bloomed so brightly
But now I've lost my color
Petals dancing quietly
I dug your grave
But you buried me
Rotting fast, degrade to death
My remains return to the soil
The sky, the earth
I am one in between
Regrow and regenerate
Take your time to start again
The night, the day
I will remain unseen
And as the leaves begin to fall
I'm quickly reminded that there's a cycle
Gravity and time, slowly tearing apart
Everything I know
When daylight dies
There is no way to see the signs
I watched you blossom
Now I'm wilting alone without you
Tear up the roots from beneath my feet
Return me to the dirt underneath
Flora
Float away from me
I bloomed so brightly
But now I've lost my color
Petals dancing quietly
I dug your grave
But you buried me
Cut me loose
Scatter me across the sky
Let me fly away like petals in the wind
Like petals in the wind
I will escape
Liberated
No longer bound to these barren lands
I have been severed
Torn away from all the rotting branches
That held me back
This type of modern metalcore is usually not my cup of tea. Somehow, Allt knows to hit home with these tracks. The electronic flourishes really are the cherry on the cake. dcdirkzwager
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