Zoë Emery - Sea Cucumber Lyrics

I once was a sea cucumber
Vomiting toxicity
I once was a hummingbird
Sipping syrupy sweet tea
I once was a sleepy shark
Always moving just to breathe
I no longer fear the dark
But I still fear uncertainty
I want an identity
But the "self" is illusory
Life's not an economy
There is no autonomy
I once was a vile vulture
Only eating putrid scraps
I had no love, I had no culture
Only a God of the gaps
I once was a cannibal
Devouring my own corpse
All I want is self-control
But all I have is violent force