The Cactus Life

Your branches are growing strong absorbing the praise from above
But the roots that hold your weight are slowly breaking up
Now you don't mind the heat, a lack of rain in the clouds
But soon enough you'll dry up and return to the ground
The desert wind has betrayed you, it seems you're all alone
The nights are cold and now you wish that you had known
The cactus life is tough, but not so much when friends pull through
So next time don't forget them, and they won't forget about you
Respect fades
The heat creates some distance between us
Shelter greed with spines
We see your true self underneath
I can see the wall of rain across the open desert plain
And you won't fight unless you know you can win
Take yourself into the ground
And search for drops of rushing sound
Of air above to cleanse the changing of winds
Don't expend your energy
On something that you don't believe
Don't expend your energy
On something that you don't believe