Fifth Sun - Withstanding the Test of Time

You may lead a horse to water, but you may not make it drink
You may take all a man owns, and never possess his dignity
You may look for the forest, but never see it for all the trees
You may own the whole damn world
But you have no power over me

Akin to the giant sequoia trees
Standing watch for what seems an eternity
The coelacanth that still swims in the seas
The horseshoe crab, whose blue blood still does bleed
A promise held within them all
These things that can and have stood tall
They may bend, but will never break
Containing the strength that it takes

Much like the bristlecone pine
Some things withstand the test of time
These things, that can't be bought or sold
Nor owned; of a value that has no price
This spirit runs through me
White you're chained down. i have been set free
These things that were left behind
Testaments to standing the test of time

Withstanding the test of time
You may lead a horse to water, but you may not make it drink
You may take all a man owns, and never possess his dignity
You may look for the forest, but never see it for all the trees
You may own the whole damn world
But you have no power over me

Akin to the giant sequoia trees
Standing watch for what seems an eternity
The coelacanth that still swims in the seas
The horseshoe crab, whose blue blood still does bleed
A promise held within them all
These things that can and have stood tall
They may bend, but will never break
Containing the strength that it takes

Withstanding the test of time