when you’re ascending you glow
when you hit a dead end you know
it’s not just a feeling you get
it’s a feeling that you fight against
repeat

at the top you relax
you only wait patient to pass
you’re only filling a space
you only exist to be replaced
repeat

you only exist to be replaced

when you’re descending you burn
every death, every lesson you learned
it’s not just a feeling you get
it’s a feeling that you learn to protect
in time

you’re only free on the ground
when you fall you never make a sound
it’s not a feeling at all
not like any other feeling
you’d call perfect