this track is the first fully produced and written by me. no samples in the beat, no ghostwritten lyrics, just a poem and i beat that i did myself with a pen, paper, Pro Tools, Logic, and a Korg keyboard. as usual, here are the lyrics. in fact, as it is a poem and there is no chorus, here it is in poem form:

The Doomed Seed

Within this soil was planted a seed,
A seed that was to grow,
And grow it did -- it did indeed,
It grew beyond our wildest dreams.
From bud to bush with roses of red,
but upon closer view thorns adorned their stems.
And so it grew and did not cease,
Until it grew beyond it's garden,
And stole into it's neighbor's soil,
And took it's place without a pardon.

As time went on more thorns arose,
And the buds began to wither,
And the red shade of each rose,
Changed to violet as they closed,
But the bushes grew and grew,
Though much too large and quite askew.
It weathered winters far too cold,
And summers far too hot,
And though others endured
They were but a small lot.

Now it is winter again,
But this time it is colder,
And the storms have yet to subside,
And it's branches have brittled as it's gotten older.
Others will perish unless with haste,
A new seed is planted in it's place.
So long past this winter,
Upon the vernal equinox,
A new seed must be planted
Among this teeming rot. (less info)