Totem Lyrics

Totem

Hold me up

Totem

Hold me up

Starts at birth

Build my way up

Far from earth

I was so tough

The totem pole starts at the bottom

My newborn face spawned in the autumn

A toddler's face on top of it

Then that nose scar from when I was just a kid

Next on the pole is a teen

Hates how he has such good things

Top of the pole with no weight he must hold

Is the me of now with draining soul

What a strong boy

What a fib

My patience toyed

As a kid

On his shoulders

All of this

I'm a coward

Broken wrists

Totem

Hold me up

Totem

Hold me up

Starts at birth

Build my way up

Far from earth

I was so tough

I used to be infinite possibility

Hostility took over now it's all I'll be

I started straying when I was a teen

Have you seen how I don't accept help when I need it

Defeated

Everything was better when I let them help

I'm on my own now I pretend it's wealth

Don't you dare fix me, I'll do it alright

Hope someone's there when I finally cry

What a strong boy

What a fib

My patience toyed

As a kid

On his shoulders

All of this

I'm a coward

Broken wrists

What a strong boy

What a fib

My patience toyed

As a kid

On his shoulders

All of this

I'm a coward

Broken wrists

Don't let my youth all be in vain

I'm begging me to change someday