Track 10
We Came Here on Purpose
From The Altar of Now
A driving, anthemic rock-pop track that reframes suffering and confusion as evidence of a purpose so important it had to be hidden - a celebration of the magnificent game we volunteered to play.
Song language: English
Genre: Anthemic rock pop, stadium pop
Duration: 4:12
ISRC QZTBC2699326
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Lyrics
I didn't fall here by mistake or accident of birth I wasn't tossed into the deep without a sense of worth I packed my bags in some bright room I cannot now recall And said: give me the full experience - I want to taste it all The heartbreak and the hospital, the 3 AM despair The job I lost, the friend who left, the greying of my hair Not punishments, not random dice, not evidence of wrong But chapters in a story that I chose to make this long If I chose it, I can face it If I signed up, I can take it We came here on purpose Through a door we can't remember We came here on purpose Every April, every December Not as victims, not as prisoners Not as accidents of chance We came here on purpose - And the purpose is to dance You're not a broken thing that needs a cure or needs a fix You're a traveler who volunteered for the most demanding trip The amnesia is a feature, not a failure of the ride The not-knowing is the engine - it's not something you should hide If you chose it, you can meet it If you entered, you can greet it We came here on purpose Through a door we can't remember We came here on purpose Every April, every December Not as victims, not as prisoners Not as accidents of chance We came here on purpose - And the purpose is to dance And when the weight is just too much And the night is just too long Remember: you are not abandoned You are playing the bravest song A song that requires forgetting the melody To discover it note by note by note - We came here on purpose! Through a door we can't remember! We came here on purpose! Every fire, every ember! Not as strangers to ourselves But as gods who chose to forget - We came here on purpose And we're not finished yet! On purpose! On purpose! We are here on purpose!