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Sit and warm up by the fire

The room may be drafty

But there's always space at the hearth

Pour a glass of wine

'Cause sharing with guests

Under winter skies brings us to life

Pile up the ashes that fall from the sky

Trade them for riches when coffers run dry

Carve out a pound of your tenderest self

The burden of vulnerability paid with your health

Fall in, fall out

Rise to the challenge but never make a stand

The roots run deep

So toe the line and pour the wine

And kick up those weary legs to sleep

Ooh when the shadows surge and the stars emerge

And the milky way envelops me

I am glad you share this vision

Here by my side

I can digest your epithet

But the precedent is set

Try to heed what's decreed

But I'm overpowered

I know the name of this game

But the rules have all changed

And the cast list reflects

How the tables have turned

Too cowardly to take a stand

Relinquishing my upper hand

But I've learned to never tie my worth

To the order of my birth

I am falling out of favour now

And you're masking holier-than-thou

But I still have my self-respect

And though it hurts

I could never accuse you of willful neglect

Though I have wept I must accept

When I have lost and I'm outstepped

When heels keep digging in the ground

I've made a choice to stop my voice

From ringing truths; there is no use

When heads are buried in the sand

Grab a volume from the shelf

The pages are dusty

But edges still hunger for blood

Now revel in our wealth

Remember how lucky we made you

Compared to the rest

Rise to the challenge but never make a stand

The roots run deep

So toe the line and pour the wine

And kick up those weary legs

Though I've sworn that I'll never slip again

The boundaries creep

I've made my bed, and I'll see red

But I cannot ever make that leap