Wildflowers - Gouge Away

We’ve got a problem

We’re stomping on each other’s heads

Climbing and clawing to the top of a mountain

Do we even care for claiming?

We’ve got a problem

We’ve found ourselves in a ring

Fighting a fight that we’re all losing

And we didn’t ask for this match

We have built up internalized hate

And if we could dig to the bottom

We would find that it needs uprooting

So dig, dig, dig, dig

We’re running a race that no one is winning

Panting and tiring ourselves out

You’ve got to be sick of this, too

So dig, dig, dig, dig

Eradicate.

Eliminate

(Dig, dig, dig, dig)

Eradicate.

Eliminate

It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist

Resistance is stronger together

Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up

It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist

Voices are louder together

Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up

(That wildflower might be pretty, but it’s prohibited. It’s not native and it’s

a noxious weed.)

It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist

Resistance is stronger together

Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up

It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist

Voices are louder together

Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up

Weeds are just plants out of place

With no need to invade if embraced

Weeds are just plants out of place

With no need to invade if embraced

Weeds are just plants out of place

With no need to invade if embraced

Weeds are just plants out of place

With no need to invade if embraced

Aren’t you sick of this too?

Thicker skin when we have each other’s backs

Aren’t you sick of this too?

Wounds mend stronger when we heal together

Aren’t you sick of this too?

Thicker skin when we have each other’s backs

Aren’t you sick of this too?

Wounds mend stronger when we heal together