This is Old (2022) Lyrics

This is old

We are old

The repetition of digging out veins

Used to cause spurting blood

And now, even veins are tired

Blood has dried

The cracked remnants

The bed that used to cradle the waters

As they rushed, as they rushed and fed, as they rushed and fed and drank

This is old

This is old

In its dryness

In its disuse

In its overuse

Hugging knees into chest

Wrapping arms around

Hugging into ourselves

Like hugging a long-lost-and-found friend

Hugging knees into chest

Wrapping arms around

Hugging into ourselves

Like hugging a long-lost-and-found friend

We, we must comply

We, we must surrender

We, we must comply

We, we must surrender

We, we must comply

We, we must surrender

This is old

This is old

In its teasing, in its taking

In its blooming

In its dying