Rich to Rags

[Verse 1]
Patience astounding
Intermittent, harsh, and sweet
Cardinal grounding
Light the path beneath my feet

[Pre-Chorus]
Safety first, and feelings last
Baptized aggressions of the past
To lead foul beasts
Experience points increased
First month's relent
Scheduled for subjects just partially present

[Chorus]
I've come to pass
But never seem to stay
I go from rich to rags
In twenty-seven days
The compass pact
Is twirling a ballet

[Post-Chorus]
And now I'm hangin' with the big kids, and I'm broke
And I feel like a baby

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
In the sewer of a section of the citadel
I rise from the dredges, ring the bell
I need a rescue, and I'm sorry for the smell
Hold me up
The whimsical weightlessness of an imposter
Put me on a plane and send me home

[Pre-Chorus]
I won't escape my karmic debt
But maybe you could save me yet
Awoken as one
Idyllic and whole
A traveller made broken, undone
Can you salvage my soul, or am I stuck like this?

[Chorus]
I've come to pass
But never seem to stay
I go from rich to rags
In twenty-seven days
The compass pact
Is twirling a ballet

[Post-Chorus]
Now we're hangin' with the big kids
And we're bangin', and we're smoking trees
Hangin' with the big kids
Bring the laymen to their fuckin' knees