Bear With Me
I never wanted much, just enough room to be myself. After giving up ground for years, this is me drawing the line and pushing back. But it's also admitting that I have to change too: if the stream is dry, I'll dig through the trash to survive. It's me letting go of the moral injury and working inside the situation as it is.
You've been great!
For the last song of the night, here's Bear With Me!
Didn't want much just a fish and a nap
A walk in the woods where I leave my crap
Nobody around to tell me it stinks
But the river's run dry and I see the link
Smoke in the air and the trees comin' down
Pulled back again to some higher ground
But the blocks of the city keep pushing for more
I can't stop it all, but here's my roar
Get outta my cave
Or feel my rage
Furry and big and faster than you
You're slower than me when I want to move
Tired of giving and getting pushed down
Better back off when you hear my sound
These woods are mine, stay outta my way
You'll have to kill me to get your say
Eat or be eaten, the basic law
You think rules protect you's your fatal flaw
Yeah, it's your fatal flaw
If I'm sleepin' then let me lie
You won't like it when I come outside
Diggin' through trash and tearin' down sheds
Can't you dumb apes get it through your heads?
You took my space, you took my room
My inconvenience doesn't make me rude
The facts are facts, the truth's in store
I can't stop now, here's another roar
Furry and big and faster than you
You're slower than me when I want to move
Tired of giving and getting pushed down
Better back off when you hear my sound
These woods are mine, stay outta my way
You'll have to kill me to get your say
Eat or be eaten, the basic law
That you think rules protect you's your fatal flaw
Yeah, your fatal flaw
Everybody needs space, I can recognize
But I can't give up what I need inside
Gotta push back, by tooth and claw
You can run, you can hide, or your bones I'll gnaw
No sense in fightin' when my tummy's full
But it's been a long winter and it's time to pull
Up the roots and the grubs and whatever I find
Stay outta my woods and pay me no mind
Furry and big and faster than you
You're slower than me, when I want to move
Tired of giving and getting pushed down
Better back off when you hear my sound
These woods are mine, stay outta my way
You'll have to kill me to get your say
Eat or be eaten, the basic law
That you think rules protect you's your fatal flaw
Yeah, your fatal flaw
Good night!