Level Up – Vienna Teng

So come out.
You have been waiting long enough.
You’re done with all the talk talk talk
With nothing on the table.
It’s time to come on out.
There will be no sign from above.
You’ll only hear the knock knock knock
Of your own heart as signal.

If you are afraid, come out
If you are awake, come out
Come out and level up

Begin again.
Dynamite the dam on the flow.
Your body feels the tock tock tock
Of time as it hammers.
Lord we are all cinders
From a fire burning long ago,
But here it is the knock knock knock
Of your own heart that matters.

If you are afraid, come forth.
If you are alone, come forth now.
Everybody here has loved and lost
So level up and love again

Call it any name you need.
Call it your 2.0, your rebirth, whatever—
So long as you can feel it all,
So long as all your doors are flung wide.
Call it your day number one in the rest of forever.

If you are afraid,
Give more
If you are alive
Give more now.
Everybody here has seams and scars
So what. Level up.

Let your faith die
Bring your wonder
Yes, you are only one
No, it is not enough—
But if you lift your eyes,
I am your brother

And this is all we need
And this is where we start
This is the day we greet
This is the day, no other.