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Lyrics · 2026-10-30

Passenger

Written by Kimmo Ihanus.

something moved into the back of my skull
took the reins of my legs, made the climbing its will
I'm a passenger now in the body I own
the fungus says higher, and up the stalk I'm thrown

I wanted to forage, I wanted to go home
but the threads in my brain say climb, says the gloam
it walks me up the stem to the height that it likes
and it makes my own jaws lock, and it drinks while I die

Climb! Bite! Climb! Die!
Climb! Bite! Climb! Die!

you couldn't keep your own head
the spore couldn't let you keep your own head
the thing in your brain rode your body to the dead
it climbs, it bites, it blooms from where you bled

and out of my skull comes a stalk and a crown
a beautiful horror that's raining me down
on the brothers below who will breathe me and climb
I'm the sermon, I'm the spore, I'm the puppet of time

you couldn't keep your own head
the spore couldn't let you keep your own head
the thing in your brain rode your body to the dead
it climbs, it bites, it blooms from where you bled

Climb, bite
I bloom from your eyes
climb, bite
and I ride the next one up the stalk to the sky

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