Gouge Away – Wildflowers lyrics

We’ve got a problem
We’re stomping on each other’s heads
Climbing and clawing to the top of a mountain
Do we even care for claiming?

We’ve got a problem
We’ve found ourselves in a ring
Fighting a fight that we’re all losing
And we didn’t ask for this match

We have built up internalized hate
And if we could dig to the bottom
We would find that it needs uprooting
So dig, dig, dig, dig

We’re running a race that no one is winning
Panting and tiring ourselves out
You’ve got to be sick of this, too
So dig, dig, dig, dig

Eradicate. Eliminate
(Dig, dig, dig, dig)
Eradicate. Eliminate

It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist
Resistance is stronger together
Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up
It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist
Voices are louder together
Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up

(That wildflower might be pretty, but it's prohibited. It's not native and it's a noxious weed.)

It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist
Resistance is stronger together
Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up
It’s not a contest when we’re just fighting to exist
Voices are louder together
Don’t step back, don’t step aside, step up

Weeds are just plants out of place
With no need to invade if embraced
Weeds are just plants out of place
With no need to invade if embraced
Weeds are just plants out of place
With no need to invade if embraced
Weeds are just plants out of place
With no need to invade if embraced

Aren’t you sick of this too?
Thicker skin when we have each other’s backs
Aren’t you sick of this too?
Wounds mend stronger when we heal together
Aren’t you sick of this too?
Thicker skin when we have each other’s backs
Aren’t you sick of this too?
Wounds mend stronger when we heal together