The Ascent

This is the way that we hand control to gravity's grip
 Ah, the way that it goes
 Before we can rise, we must be laid low
 Bloodied, alive, I make it to my knees
 Only to pray they won't forget me
 Cast to the ground when I reached for the war
 So climb
 Rise in the rot and set the pace to stay
 The heart is the way where the markers were laid
 Higher again until we're leaving our own
 We climb
 The fight and the form
 The ever forward, mine
 Boot to the hold
 One tread at a time
 Hand over hand
 The path as it winds
 So climb
 So rise radiant
 You are the way, you were born to the ascent
 So rise, my radiant
 With my pride, bear your heart into the end of me
 There is no death, I am with you, my darling
 If I am breathing through you
 Death only is to wake
 With the face of our fathers below
 And no fear to follow the way forward
 Love
 There is no pride, I am with you, my darling
 This is your time
 And so into your hands I leave all that I could not reach
 You are the worlds colliding
 The sail unfurls
 We have all been building worlds
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 Forward
 Like loss could color cloud and distance edify
 A farewell to sunrise
 The decaying heartbeat of the sky
 So as the hills drink deep
 We watch survivors trace their old calligraphy in light
 Forward
 With all I took with me
 A spite of my design
 Too long the lesson
 All it took to leave my hate to lie
 What a privilege it is to watch the day's last color die
 Teaching us to climb
 Forward now, through
 Forward now, through
 And into your hands I leave all that I could not reach
 You are the worlds colliding
 We built a world
 Your sails unfurled
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 Forward now, through
 Forward now, through
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 The way is forward
 The fall will take form into ascent
 You are the sun
 Rise radiant
 Become the light alive
 The fight and the climb
 The strife, the day
 We are the sun
 Rise radiant
 My love the way forward
 The fall will take form into ascent
 You are the sun
 Rise radiant
 Become the light alive
 The fight and the climb
 The strife, the day
 We are the sun
 Rise radiant, my love