Thorn - Remix 2

[INTRO, raw, almost spoken, dry beat underneath] Why can't you make this easier What do you even want from me I really thought we were over this But there it is again

[VERSE, edgy, conversational, slight attitude] This thorn in my side Still as prickly as ever I've been running past you Pretending you're not there So this time I turn and look Ask you what's up And immediately it starts Same old story, same old wound Round and round we go Little fucker

[PRE-CHORUS, building, wry, self-aware] That's just energy And energy doesn't disappear It lodges It waits And so do I

[CHORUS, drop, defiant, jaw tight, fighting] But surrender doesn't mean disappear A thorn unexamined cuts deeper You can't avoid the pain For fear of falling in So stay Don't you dare look away Look

[VERSE, vulnerable, attitude softening] The pain is real You can't just declare yourself finished Can't command it to dissolve Because you read the right books Pain doesn't leave Because you've become spiritual It leaves because it was finally Finally allowed to exist A knot behind the sternum A fist you forgot you were making All the tears you were too brave to cry All the oceans you were too hopeful To admit were inside

[PRE-CHORUS, recognition, something shifting] That's just energy And energy doesn't disappear It lodges It waits And so do I

[CHORUS, drop, still resistant but cracking, softening] But surrender doesn't mean disappear A thorn unexamined cuts deeper You can't avoid the pain For fear of falling in One breath One inch closer Look

[BRIDGE, stripped, almost a whisper, then building hard] Eventually you have to feel it And yes it can hurt like hell But it moves [pause] Surrender is not a passive verb It's the bravest thing You turn You face it You let it pierce the story That you were over it

[CHORUS, full drop, triumphant, released, arrived] And surrender doesn't mean disappear The thorn has finally lost its job Not because you defeated it Because you listened Really listened You held steady And you looked

[OUTRO, warm dissolve, defiant, tender] Little fucker Thank you I'm listening now