Captivity

Why are you barking to start

I’m already past the difficult part

Hark, you’re speaking so harshly

Your words are sharp

Penetrating my heart like darts

It’s almost as if you don’t think this is hard for me

It’s a walk in the park; but it’s dark and I’m treading on glass

as i kick up the dust which is choking my lungs

Leaving me scarred and raspy

Looking like a bloody junkie

Maybe I’ll finally cark it; at last I can pass to Asgard

In the past I would not have spoken such blasphemy

But recently even my spirituality’s feeling a little bit rusty

I can’t seem to set my heart free, but it still beats

Despite being in captivity my heart still beats

Respite’s out of reach but i can’t cease lest this kills me

Despite being in captivity my heart still beats

Respite’s out of reach but i can’t cease lest this kills me

I’m still free, still free, still free

I’m still free, still free, still free

Rocking up to the streets of Manly looking like royalty

I’m a deity but nothing more than a moiety

of an enormous infinity

listen, to me that’s divinity

the division i see is a line drawn between the universe and reality

but I’m part of both teams, I’m the thread in the seams

apathetic to the needle knotted to me

Neither my beats nor my melodies could be unique

they sound sweet, but I’m merely repeating what I hear preceding me

I’m no prodigy, can’t you see it’s simply mimicry

I’ll take the lead but there’s no need to follow me

you owe no fealty, you’re not lost, there’s nowhere to be

Burn the map and toss the key

They may crucify me but i won’t skip a beat

Despite being in captivity my heart still beats

Respite’s out of reach but i can’t cease lest this kills me

Despite being in captivity my heart still beats

Respite’s out of reach but i can’t cease lest this kills me

I’m still free, still free, still free

I’m still free

“Captivity” is a soulful exploration of struggle and resilience, and the quest of finding existential meaning. The song captures the essence of feeling trapped but finding freedom within through tuning in to the steady rhythm of the heart. Inspirations include being hit by a car and a subsequent battle with addiction.