Nothing constant inside this animal
Chaos has to apogee, it's draining me
Nothing constant, so nothing is rational
Nature is all degree and I am its subtlety
Slow my breathing
Slow my feeling
Slow all of my functioning to conform

Nothing stable outside this animal
These disordered surroundings are draining me
Nothing stable or truly adaptable
Nature is all degree and I'm in its custody
Slow my heart beating
Slow my feeding
Slow all of my functioning to obey

Fluctuation mirrored in this animal
Tumult in biology is overtaking me
Withdrawal returns, so it must be natural
Nature is all degree, I disavow all company
Halt my wanting
Cease all fighting
Slow the beating of my heart, self injure

Endure, self injure
Endure, self injure
Endure, self injure
Endure, self injure

Dead-I must be
Buried in the leaves
With my species
Not knowing if I can ever return

I did not feel the cold come until I became the cold
I did not know that I had aged until I became old

Time has a way of taking time away
And now I've buried myself from the light of day

I did not feel the cold come until I became the cold
I did not know that I had aged until I became old
And if I survive these depths to see the sun return
It again becomes instinct to move towards the burn

Time has a way of taking time away
And now I've buried myself from the light of day
In the darkness of this burrow, for some time, I will remain

Slow my breathing
Stunt my feeding
Slow all of my functioning to endure

Wild old animal succumbs to exogenous cues
Wild old animal, domesticated through abuse

What of poor hybernoculum selection?
What if it leaves for too harsh of conditions?
What if injured through a lack of protection?
Will it live?

Wild old animal responds with endogenous cues
Wild old animal reemerges with a new bruise

What of poor hybernoculum selection?
What if it leaves for too harsh of conditions?
What if injured through a lack of protection?
Will it live?

Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by the light
Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by warmth
Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by might
Burrowed becomes buried with an injury

Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by the light
Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by warmth
Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by might
Burrowed becomes buried with an injury

Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by the light
Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by warmth
Enter with injury that seeks to be healed by might
Burrowed becomes buried with an injury

Burrowed, buried
Burrowed, buried

Endure, self injure
Endure, self injure
Adjured, allured
By nature pure

Burrowed, buried
Burrowed, buried

Functioning returns when I reemerge
If I reemerge-renewed energy
Back to the surface, back from underneath
Face the light of day-renewed energy
Functioning returns when I reemerge
If I reemerge-renewed energy
Back to the surface, back from underneath
Face the light of day-renewed energy

Life took time away once again

Endure, self injure
Endure, self injure

Functioning returns when I reemerge
If I reemerge-renewed energy
Back to the surface, back from underneath
Face the light of day-renewed energy

The depths, calming yet maddening
Echo throughout me
I stare without moving
Dirt, filth, washes me
Narrowing rays of light only serve to calm my pulsing heart

Immured by physiology
Secluded with hope, a will to be set free
Entombed by winter's decree
By the pulsing in my body that slowly depletes
Life codes embedded in the deep
Begging my system to emulate deep sleep
To reemerge

Immured by physiology
Secluded with hope, a will to be set free
Entombed by winter's decree
By the pulsing in my body that slowly depletes
Life codes embedded in the deep
Begging my system to emulate deep sleep
To reemerge
To reemerge
To reemerge