Up-tempo spoken word to a funky beat. Vocals by N.Modi.
Words. Music. Truth. If you risk nothing, you will risk everything.
Lyrics
Don’t know how long I’ve been sitting here
I’ve always heard be brave don’t fear
My forclaw twitches begs me to start
For this I have not the heart
Nor the nerves nor the senses
For what I face I have no defenses
To my left the hot land stretches out
To my right no end with no doubt
I peer out from under my shell
How far is the other side I cannot tell
These creatures rumble before me
Across my eyes all is blurry
They move with much speed but no grace
On their black feet they race and race
Never seen such reckless haste
No greater challenge I’ve ever faced.
Stepping out slowly but surely
With great dignity I tread.
And as the wind rushes by me
I know in seconds I’ll be dead.
These creatures they barrel down
Down upon me they seem to frown
For this rush what is the cost
In this hot gray land I am lost
No place for the likes of me
But I was too stupid to see
Feelings of foolish pride give way
Only to feelings of fear and dismay
Oh to be back inside my shell
These feelings I only wish to quell
But no protection will it give me now
Over me these creatures will plow
Shatter the shell I hold so dear
Only now is my error so clear
And in the end I feel only nothing
To the memory of a shell I cling.
Stepped out slowly but surely
But through madness I fell.
Oh I wish I would’ve stayed
Stayed safe under my shell.
