[Chorus: Morgana]
I want to take you to all of my places
Nelly & I stay up counting our paces
Call up our friends, stay up counting the cases
I haven't felt right in ages
I know you thought that by now we'd be clear
Funny the lengths you can go in a year
I know you suffer
I go through phases
I haven't felt right in ages
[Verse 1: Nealo]
I hit the forest with the little man
Talking for the first time
We're walking through the woods
The lovely gift of nature feels divine
I feel like everything has just come good
Like all this pain has happened for a reason
Human bеings they come and go just like thе seasons
But gratitude in the face of all disaster is the key
I just spent 10 years with my wife
We had to go our separate ways
I feel ashamed I couldn't save the day
Forgiveness for myself is all I gained from 2020
Love and friendship in abundance
I've got plenty sisters, many brothers
Many more I fell in love with
At times I feel the pull of all the stars
That light the way above us
There's times I feel the pull of all the stars
That light the way above us
[Verse 2: Nealo]
And I've got many brothers in the earth
They'll never smoke another gram
They'll never feel their mother's love
Or shake a caring father's hand
They'll never reach the ocean
And gaze upon it broken open
Makes me think of all the art
The Dublin poems left unspoken
And man I feel my sister's pain
The world has them in twisted chains
All the fucking wrongs, abuse and murder done in Jesus name
The holy father, painted white and gendered male
It's all just karma in the end
No crosses nails, it's just pretend
And all that's real is truth and light right in the end
I spent the winter to and froing with my friend
And all that's real is truth and light right at the end
[Chorus: Morgana]
I want to take you to all of my places
Nelly & I stay up counting our paces
Call up our friends, stay up counting the cases
I haven't felt right in ages
I know you thought that by now we'd be clear
Funny the lengths you can go in a year
I know you suffer
I go through phases
I haven't felt right in ages
[Verse 3: Nealo]
Sometimes I cry just like a baby
Smoking rollies thinking heaven maybe
Save me in my focus
Driving crazy broke as fuck
I spent it all on rent and bills for me and Jakey
Sipping Baileys, smoking blunts and getting wavy
I had the worst year of my life
Sometimes I wonder how I struggled through the nights
But never running for the knife
Not saying suicide is wrong
For all my friends that took their life
Just have to think about your Mom
Your cousin Padraig smoking bongs up in his bedroom
Meditation changed his life
Try to focus on the light
I swear theres magic on this planet
Wake up early before it's bright
Lace the Air Max and go running for my life
I swear there's days the right song hits
And Sis I'm close to taking flight
[Verse 4: Nealo]
I swear to Jaysus
People think that God is going to come and save us
But she's never coming
If I was her I'd burn us all like sages
Little devils wrapped in skin and bone
We murdered through the ages
Dark and dangerous, hatred rages
Up on Facebook with your uncle
Posting homophobic posts
Or in Direct Provision
Treating all these human beings like ghosts
Or to our sisters who we left to carry
All our pain and hope
Locked up in the baby homes
Their hearts just yearning to elope
[Outro: Nealo]
Evil priests and politicians
Building fucked up sexist systems
Full of sadomasochism
Forcing babies into prison
If God was real they didn't listen
Give me strength to find the wisdom
I've got days where I've got vision
And I have others where I scream into the distance but no one listens
I've got days where I get visions
Keep on screaming til it echoes in the distance no one listens
I got days where I get visions
I got brothers in the system
Keep on screaming til it echoes in the distance no one listens
Forest was written by Morgan MacIntyre & Adam Shanahan & Versus Beats.
Nealo:
Forest was one of those songs that you dream about, that just falls out of you. After my first album was released I wrote nothing for a long long time and then all of a sudden everything flows at once.
I really felt how powerful songs can be to heal ourselves from all of the weight that we...