Assemblage 23 - Otherness lyrics

To give completely From within yourself To treat compa**ion As the truest form of wealth No small adjustment For the average soul To give yourself away In order to be whole To trust completely With an open heart To risk the wounds Of having it all fall apart Seems paralyzing With implicit risk But the packaging Is not what makes the gift It isn't weakness It isn't frailty It's being human And it's sustaining To love completely And utterly To give yourself away So unselfconsciously Is altruism In its purest form A kind of otherness From which ego is torn It isn't weakness It isn't frailty It's being human And it's sustaining