Devolution
A man, a club, nocturnal…neon…natural
The swaying womb’s a wielded, weighted wrecking ball
The given life has taken more than they both gave
Welfare Is fair if he don’t care. She’s gonna cave
All he can hear is what he’s done and what they’re needing’
And all she says he’s heard before, just a pattern repeatin’
Chorus:
Ya know, it’s not just the system that’s takin’ a beatin’
I said it’s not just the hunted that’s doin’ the bleedin’
I said there’s no survival when the young are eaten
Ya know, it’s not just you you’re always defeatin’
Sour milk is spilled, the crying needs a shoulder
Days feel the same and mama’s growing older
We spare the rod, backhand the boy, and tan the hides
A hit to hide the stain, the dizzy drain she rides
And all the gray-black- blue days forever repeatin’
No ring, no fire, it’s evolution, don’t call it cheatin’
(Chorus)
(Bridge):
Death to the hunt for the gathering pain
Life to the child that breaks the chain
Change to the stories that paint the wall
The upright man will save us all
A man, a legacy, eternal…natural
A choice to change the story line, to break the fall
So he begins again a tale of all that he learned and gave
An allegory of light and shadows in the cave
Life to the upright man who sang to the cherished womb
All hail the upright man who sprang from the darkened room
Chorus:
Ya know, it’s not just the past that you’re meant to believe in
It’s not just a pattern that you stop from repeatin’
It’s not just a shadow that was false and deceivin’
It’s the upright man and a life to believe in
It’s the upright man that a boy can believe in
It’s the upright man that is done with the leavin’
It’s the upright man we need forever repeatin’
@onewholovesrock Feb 2022
Interesting writing. I like it a lot! Hopefully you have more. I’ll check back in from time to time and check
@nahlej381 Feb 2022
Daaaammmmmnnnn! You went IN on this. You’re writing is dope! We should do a collab :)