Stratum

The 3rd track on my album 'Mantle'.

Lyrics:

Layer by layer, we’re living in layers
People of two floors, same grain, same makers
Hidden underground, beneath the surface
We only rise when the earth is disturbed, yes

We act in the land by the land’s own manner
Many lands stacked one on another
Folded in crust, bent into order
Placed into piles — but who was the author?

Stratum
And muddy soil finds its own scent
If you dare to breathe it in, to comprehend
It’s only earth in the end

Whose land is it — yours or mine?
We believe in layers that ownership’s defined
And we learn to lie about what’s on top
Smoothly, in layers, describing the mask

Stratum
And muddy soil finds its own scent
If you dare to breathe it in, to comprehend
It’s only earth in the end