Deep before up

Deep before. Deep before. Mm. No one understood why I went down. When everyone around me chased the crown. I didn't want the height before the ground. I needed roots before I could be found. Mm-mm. They, they called it fear, I called it worth. Mm-mm-mm. They called it lost, I called it first. Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. Not up, not yet, Not before I'm ready. Go deep, go real, go slow and go steady. Deep before up, you can't build on air. Deep before up, you need something there. They went up fast and fell the same way. I went down deep, and I'm built to stay. Deep before up. Deep before up. Oh. They wanted the peak, I wanted the ground. They, they wanted the noise, I wanted the sound. Beneath the sound I fell so far, I found something there. That no one who rushed could ever find or Share. Not up, not yet, not before I'm ready. Go deep, go real, go slow and go steady. Deep before up, you can't build on air. Deep before up, you need something there. They went up fast and fell the same way. I went down deep and I'm built to stay. Deep before Up. Deep before up. Oh. The ones who skip the dark don't know what Holds them. The ones who live the dark can't Be moved. I didn't go deep because I had to. I went deep because I knew Nothing real Was ever built From the surface. Oh. Deep before up, you can't build on air. Deep before up, I put everything there. They went up fast, I went down slow. Now nothing above me can shake what's below. Deep before. Deep before. I'm built now. I'm built now.