[Intro]
Snake skin on my Nikes
Halo in my backpack
Dust on the pages
I’m never going back
[Verse 1]
Boot prints
In a burned-out Eden
Fruit trees
Growing through the cement
I’ve been
Chasing every little demon
Till my lungs
Smell like regret
Metal gate
With the rust half-broken
Step through
Hear the world go mute
Every sin
In my chest wide open
Every cut
Blooming into fruit
[Chorus]
I found peace in the Garden of Eden
Where the wild things grow through the grieving
Every scar on my skin started breathing
I let go
And the ground started healing
I found peace in the Garden of Eden
[Verse 2]
[low vocal register] Stone face
Playing saint and sinner
Gold teeth
From the times I fell
Heaven feels
Like a slow-burn winner
When you’ve walked
Through your private hell
[rap]
Yeah, I spoke with the thorns, they were calling me back
Said, “You’re more than the weight of your panic attack”
Every branch like a vein running over the sky
Told me, “Bury your blame, let the old you die”
So I lay my fear in the soil, (uh)
Let it rot, let it coil
Till the shame that I drag like chains on my feet
Turned soft like rain where the roots all meet
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands up
To the green cathedral
Heart down
On the moss and stone
I’m done
Trying to fight the needle
That’s stitching
Every break I’ve known
[Chorus]
I found peace in the Garden of Eden
Where the wild things grow through the grieving
Every scar on my skin started breathing
I let go
And the ground started healing
I found peace in the Garden of Eden
[Bridge]
[growled accents under clean vocal]
Tore my crown of thorns apart (tear it, tear it)
Wove these branches round my heart (wear it, wear it)
All my rage
Turned into rain
Let it fall
Let it wash my name
[rap, half-time]
Roots in my rib cage, snakes in the ivy
Voices that used to define me defy me
Now they just fade in the rust of the gate
I walk through, choose truth over hate
I’m not banned, I’m not lost, I’m forgiven in the dirt
Where the first man fell, I reverse that hurt
Every step I take on this sacred ground
Feels like silence finally killing the sound
[Chorus]
[Chorus]