Try as you may
You can't be unmade
How deep is the hate
You keep in yourself?
In this Hell that you've founded
The Devil lives well
You suffer your body
A ghost mocking its shell
Hell is the feeling of nobody else
How deep does it run
The running away?
Burying your shame
In the shrinking width of the world
When the fat of the land
Is stripped to the bones
What feeds the dead?
When we find your shame
What will you bury instead?
Once you were happy as weight
In the world
The settlers have come
With a new body of dreams
They wear red in their eyes
As they smile at me
Blamelessly free
Try as you may
You won't be unmade
How deep is the love
You need for yourself
In this Hell you've abandoned
The Devil creeps out
He slides in your body
Like a soft silky gown
Hell is a feeling you can't be without
The Hell in your body will find it's way out
How deep does is it run
This trail of departure
Across every ocean?
It's been charted before
From those sailing slavers
Chain-linked to freedom
Chasing the chase
Planting Strange fruits in their gardens of Eden
Don't look below!
When all of the earth is just one disaster
Where will you go?
You'll be trapped in the shallowing
Space you call home
Once you were happy as weight in the world
The settlers have come
With a new body of dreams
They wear red in their eyes
As they smile at me
Blamelessly free