Portastatic - Like a Pearl lyrics

This is every step I shuffle but couldn't really take This is every rock you wouldn't lift, you knew you'd find a snake There's a branch heavy over my head, I wish the ice would break But every new calamity is just a cheap scene for the inevitable great escape Fear is cultured like a pearl In the black heart of this world Yeah, fear is cultured like a pearl In the black heart of this world Yeah, there's a black heart to this world This is every drop of blood in a war you sold for cash This is every awkward teenage boy never coming back There's a sword hanging over your head, dull and falling fast Optimism is a shiny thing, and we're easy to distract This is every hopeful plan we knew would fall apart This is every secret lever to the trap door in your heart There's a path under centuries of scum where shines a light But as we shuffle through our days who has the energy to fight? Fear is cultured like a pearl In the black heart of this world Yeah, fear is cultured like a pearl In the black heart of this world Oh yeah, yeah, yeah There's a black heart to this world Oh yeah, yeah, yeah There's a black heart to this world Oh yeah, yeah, yeah There's a black heart to this world