Born

Born a song by Algiers on Foxsoundi — Free Music, Smart Streaming for Everyone

Born by Algiers

Born Lyrics

[00:07.24] Ghosts in the discipline of the human
[00:10.38] Forces swimming within
[00:12.60] Brewing atone ascending
[00:15.08] The fleeting passage of time
[00:17.28] The planet turned in on itself, then peaced back
[00:20.65] On earth
[00:22.04] Born
[00:23.39] We all came from a woman
[00:25.34] Grew our bodies inside her
[00:27.01] Washed in her blood, first blood
[00:29.79] So how does the mother stand beside, when she created
[00:33.15] As the child takes laboured breath
[00:35.52] Like the first
[00:36.92] Last blood, not like the first
[00:39.44] For walking, for playing, for driving, for breathing, for being
[00:44.38] Bearing her feelings with the limbs she bore to life
[00:47.84] Her heart, heavier than the body
[00:50.18] We wrap around these times
[00:52.44] We hold to be felt our brown skin shining against the sun
[00:56.64] Bright and seen, always seen
[00:59.19] Creating a shielding layer of strength
[01:01.79] To muster a life in the open
[01:04.45] Bright as the new sun
[01:06.14] One with blending colors strung about
[01:08.82] Can we see each other through the mist
[01:10.93] A hazy new face caught in the moment of living?
[01:14.56] I knew this wasn't a dream
[01:16.35] 'Cause dreams don't feel matter
[01:18.55] And matter is solid in its turn
[01:20.70]

From the album: Shook (Deluxe Edition)