Caligula's Horse - The Ascent Lyrics

This is the way that we hand control to gravity’s grip,
the way that it goes
Before we can rise we must be laid low

Bloodied, alive, I make it to my knees,
only to pray they won’t forget me
Cast to the ground when I reached for the war

So climb

Rise in the rot and set the pace to stay
The heart is the way where the markers were laid
Higher again until we’re leaving our own

We climb

The fight and the form,
the ever forward, mine
Boot to the hold,
one tread at a time
Hand over hand,
the path as it winds

So climb

So rise radiant
You are the way
You were born to the ascent,
so rise, my radiant
With my pride, bear your heart into the end of me

There is no death
I am with you, my darling,
if I am breathing through you

Death only is to wake,
with the face of our fathers below,
and no fear to follow the way forward
Love

There is no pride,
I am with you, my darling
This is your time,
and so into your hands I leave all that I could not reach
You are the worlds colliding
The sail unfurls
We have all been building worlds

Forward,
like loss could colour cloud and distance edify
A farewell to sunrise,
the decaying heartbeat of the sky
So as the hills drink deep,
we watch survivors trace their old calligraphy in light

Forward,
with all I took with me
A spite of my design
Too long the lesson,
all it took to leave my hate to lie
What a privilege it is to watch the day’s last colour die,
teaching us to climb

Forward now
Through

And into your hands I leave all that I could not reach
You are the worlds colliding
We built a world
Your sails unfurled

Forward now
Through

The way is forward
The fall will take form into ascent
You are the sun
Rise radiant,
become the light alive,
the fight and the climb,
the strife, the day
We are the sun
Rise radiant

My love the way forward
The fall will take form into ascent
You are the sun
Rise radiant,
become the light alive,
the fight and the climb,
the strife, the day
We are the sun
Rise radiant, my love