The Steep Path

(frustration, resistance, spiritual rupture) Verse 1 I was quiet in my small life Counting steps like prayer beads worn Then a crack ran through the skyline And the ground I knew was torn I did not ask for revelation Did not call the thunder down Something opened in my ribcage Now I’m walking higher ground Pre-Chorus Every turn feels like a question Every breath a borrowed flame Who decided I should carry All the things I cannot name Chorus This mountain never ends It bends and breaks and disappears I don’t know what waits above me Or if it’s worth the years I keep climbing through the silence With a map that isn’t mine If this is some sacred calling Why does it feel like a climb Verse 2 I was happy moving slowly Small progress felt like home Now the air is thin and colder And I’m walking it alone People wave from safer valleys They don’t see the stones I drag Every step feels like surrender Every doubt another bag Pre-Chorus I keep asking for direction Only echoes answer back If enlightenment is mercy Why does it feel like lack Chorus This mountain never ends It twists me into shapes I hate I don’t know who I’m becoming Or if it comes too late I keep climbing through the thunder With no promise in the sky If this is some sacred journey Why does it feel like goodbye Bridge Monk without a monastery Shaman lost between the lines I did not choose this awakening But it chose this heart of mine Outro I stall… I break… I sit against the stone and ache