No one ever told me Grief felt so like fear Consumed by anger and hatred Noone can take away your pain I unchain And forgive For own need And for you Returning home, to the pain From the ashes, we will connect The seemingly unconnected From the ashes, we will build our empire We will look outside, we will dream We will look inside, we will awake Forgiving what should be forgiven Abandoning what should be abandoned Choosing curiosity over shame And welcoming pain I grow and return We stepped into twilight And stood on shoulders of giants As we quenched our thirst In waters of forbidden knowledge We raised monuments of stone And burned ritual fires As we drew our last breaths In the cool autumn dusk