This world claimed our substance long ago As soon as we started praying for all those things that we were promised as kids Rebelling for aspirations of order But submitting with poor form to the words of our fathers "If you own nothing, then you can give nothing" Repair all those things that they swore they fixed The mirrors, the walls, and all those broken teeth Through fevers and fits we could finally see Ah, with what dignity we have lived I've watched you bloom