I was born behind these eyes Sewn into this skin One with the flesh machine I'm embedded in I hold my children's breath Feel their mother's pain Share my brother's blood Within my sister's veins Cry my mother's tears Through my father's eyes Tethered to this realm In consciousness' disguise A promise unspoken, for it could never be kept Offering passages of safety so the host won't disconnect Yet the mouths of our graves sing songs of unknown places, And laugh as we struggle to escape I have lived behind these eyes Existed in this skin Defined by the flesh machine I'm embedded in The mouths of our graves call these bodies home I will die behind these eyes Shed away this skin Detach from the flesh machine I was embedded in Separate perception conscious separates