dandylion (do the whirligig) Lyrics

My seedlings scattered indiscriminately

Like a dandelion's nodding head's spew

Though to a nub bruised and battered

I've invited growth to the greatest mystery

Unmasking itself as what matters grew

I want to exude strength

I want to exude strength

I wanna go the glorious distance

And burn the treacherous length

In every instance when i consume

It's fuel for collective, respected rage

Since i'm well trained, self-taught

Battle-tested, overwrought, and

Deeply, lovingly, unsheepishly motheringly

Invested in the nutrition of my brigade

They take me aback by honest method

A scared former self-negligent confession

They conquer personal hells like whirligigs

Descending powerfully on broken wings

Dying down as roots for personal heaven

So do the whirligig, do the whirligig

Stay flourishing and seek nourishment

It's now or never to be severed

And be free from stem or string

No downfall but simply groundward marching

So do the whirligig, do the whirligig

Stay flourishing and seek nourishment

It's now or never to be severed

And be free from stem or string

No downfall but simply groundward marching

And as a weed fed off helicopters in a rut

Alongside the wheelbarrow divot

I'm caught in a tight spot

Yellow-green or white fluff

Standing tall and keeping tough

Humbled by my one in a million

Comrades eating samaras for lunch

Mulching it into compost and starstuff

I want to exude strength

I want to exude strength

I wanna go the glorious distance

And burn the treacherous length

In every instance when i consume

It's fuel for collective, respected rage

Since i'm well trained, self-taught

Battle-tested, overwrought, and

Deeply, lovingly, unsheepishly motheringly

Invested in the nutrition of my brigade

I have no questions future inclined

Nothing but sheer contentment

Swaying in my limited confines

To be trampled but not defeated

So i come to terms with happy tears

For i've been spent on what is needed