Jochem Jacobs - Erosion lyrics

Secluding the infant's reliance Self-indulgence is reigning As the redundant has been denied Standing vast since adolescence Still susceptible like a nursling Desperately longing for the roots to grow deeper But they can't be reached as concrete walls Have been built around them Solely walking the earth Searching for affirmation As the heart knows Heredity can't flee from its precedent The benighted progenitor Vigorous still Inattentive of what his actions composed The trees are saving themselves With branches reaching towards the skies While the powers of our great mother Are trying to smite them down She's hearing their cries Vainly pleading to keep the trunks strong and whole As tribes need the soil to be nourishing The shepherd reverses rolls As the wolf becomes the prey Flames arise from the ashes Left behind by the conflict While the convict is wearing its mask like a Proteus Denying the torment that has been inflicted Leading his life like a Proteus As no history lies behind him