Protected Songtext
von Souleye feat. Esjay Jones

I am protected
I am protected
By a power that is above
It′s below me runs
Right through all of us
There was a question
I asked myself when I was young fantasies high
Motivated by other people's experience
Felt perplexed by all of this
Win or lose no I wanna exist
It was a telltale sign I was changing
All the pieces to the puzzle
In arrangement
Well out of order Kinda sorta but not as much
Maybe just a little bit
Or a whole bunch
Still tore up holes in my aura
An hour felt like an entire day
Let′s celebrate the fact that
It's crumbling down
Camouflage no longer blends in
It doesn't work
Why are we still pretending
It′s absurd
Time we had another look
Through a new view


I′m going to shed my skin
I'm going to learn to love without it
I′m going to go within
I'm going to hold myself tonight
These scars they give me arms
Now I can jump beyond
Without this
I′m going to learn to love
I'm going to learn to love
Without it

Whirlwind let′s ride it
File in
Wilding out before
The game even begins
It's urgent
Resurgence
Feel this tension in the chest
It builds like a circus
Stampede wild buffalo roaming
Last player to catch a rotten egg
I betcha top ramen that the kettle
Will burn if we don't turn down
The temp
How we ever gonna learn
Sure great yeah sounds like
A good plan
Little boy grew up
Became an old man
Out of the ordinary
Was born extraordinary
Turned toward the core
To find support
Core self core group
Gotta cut the cords
Of the old past
Knocking on my door
Hello
I don′t know you anymore
Don′t owe you anything
You can come along with me
Got love to bring

I'm going to shed my skin
I′m going to learn to love without it
I'm going to go within
I′m going to hold myself tonight
These scars they give me arms
Now I can jump beyond
Without this
I'm going to learn to love
I′m going to learn to love
Without it

I hold steady during times
Of shaky ground
Umbrella over the head when
Hail fall
Heard the weather
Report reports
Spaghetti and meatballs
Don't turn too quick
You might slip
Over and under
Or under and in-between
When day time starts feeling
Like it's a dream
So dream on and let your
Vision get bigger
I entered in the sweat lodge
Ready to go
Bowed my head to north east
South and west
All the elements feeling my best
It got too hot
But no way I wouldn′t leave
Kept my body on the ground
Like I was a tree
Roots
Deep and connected
To everything
I felt the air circulate above me
Sweat dripping like a waterfall
From the top of Mt. Shasta
I could see it all

I′m going to shed my skin
I'm going to learn to love without it
I′m going to go within
I'm going to hold myself tonight
These scars they give me arms
Now I can jump beyond
Without this
I′m going to learn to love
I'm going to learn to love
Without it

I′m going to shed my skin
I'm going to learn to love without it
I'm going to go within
I′m going to hold myself tonight
These scars they give me arms
Now I can jump beyond
Without this
I′m going to go within
I'm going to go within
I′m going to learn to love
Without it
Learn to love myself without this
I'm going to jump jump jump beyond this