Gorilla — Gentle Until

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I could lift the weight of ten of me and never strain —
all that power in a body that just wants to keep things plain.
I eat the leaves, I hold the babies, I sit in the sun;
the strongest hands in the forest, and they're gentle to everyone.

[Chorus]
Gentle — I am gentle —
until you come for what I love.
Then the family man stands up to his full size,
and you learn what all that quiet was made of.

[Verse 2]
You mistook my calm for soft, my patience for afraid;
ten times my weight is sleeping in the choices I have made.
I'd rather never use it — that's the strength they never sing —
but cross the ones I'm keeping and I'll show you everything.

[Outro]
(choir) … gentle, gentle… until …