Carbon Memories

Lyrics

Raising chambers out of carbon Fastened under violent stars Membranes drew their first borders Round a chemistry of scars Saltwater carried instructions Heat arranged the fragile code Proteins folded into shelter Cells began to hold the load What Holds A Living Structure When The Forces Pull Apart? How Does Breath Keep Building In The Pressure Of The Dark? Ribs were shaped around the breathing Roots took purchase in the stone Shells were cast against the weather Blood learned routes around the bone Seasons carved away the failures Hunger tested tooth and wing Bodies kept revising blueprints Underneath the solar swing What Holds A Living Structure When The Forces Pull Apart? How Does Breath Keep Building In The Pressure Of The Dark? “Keep The Wall,” The Body Orders As The Fever Takes The Floor Skin Repairs The Broken Border Cells Divide And Lock The Door Temporary Architecture Standing While The Systems Strain Life Keeps Laying Down Its Framework Then The Weather Hits Again