The Race Has Already Begun
She is humidity
The sheen that blinds
My eyes are full
She shines and she reflects
The sticky sun that binds my afternoons
Come on, now
The race has already begun
Did you just misplace
The battles you have fought and won
She is the crunching rock
Mechanical and grace
Rhythmically
She shines and she reflects
The sticky sun that paints her face
My afternoons have never been the same
Come on, now
The race has already begun
Did you just misplace
The battles you have fought and won
She is motivation
A full-out sprint
My breaking point
She shines and she reflects this lust for life
My eyes are full and opened wide
She’s satisfied, the world’s alive
Come on, now
The race has already begun
Did you just misplace
The battles you have fought and won
Come on, now
The race has already begun
The sun that paints your face
The smell or rain to come
And these words have been poised upon my tongue for so long
And the pounding of the earth is the sound of this song
While the rats in the race learn to jump the gun
Nothing can replace the battles you have fought and won