K-Rino - The Burden Robe lyrics

There was a man who woke up one
Day with his heart absent of love
So he went to search for the
Answer of why that really was
All attempts to learn on his
Own would eventually fail him
Asked his mother and his father but
Neither one would ever tell him
He was not young, he was not old
He had been here for a while
And trouble had built up inside of
Him since he was a child
He met a guy who then told him
Even though he didn't know him
And informed him of an old man
With the understanding to show him
His inner demons was starting to eat
Right through him and defeat him
So he quickly made preparations to
Locate him and meet him
He was already questioning whether or
Not he would believe him
So he just thought to himself I guess
I'll find out when I see him

So much trouble on my shoulders now
Every day a new weight
I should've been a better man but
Now I think is too late
I have to pull my mind back from the
Darkness to a true place of light
Before this burden overtakes me

He showed up a the man's home
Hoping he wasn't a faker
He walked up to the door and
Checked the address on the paper
He was kind of apprehensive because they
Told him to come alone
And as he lifted his hands to knock the
Door just opened up on it's own
And the old man appeared and said
"How may I assist you?"
He said I heard that you can
Lift my burdens he said, "It's true"
He called him closer grabbed
Him by the shoulder, gripped it tight
And in his mind he now could
Vision every aspect of his life
Then he stepped into the light
The garment he wore was exposed
It was a robe that looked as
Though it was five centuries old he said
"If you put this on then your
Children will fall below you"
He said 'I don't have any children' He said
'Yes you do I'll show you'

The old man said this robe I'm wearing
Is no regular robe
It exposes past emotions and
Reasons never been told
When you were five years old
You were Parsimonious indeed
And that Selfish mind married Lust
And gave birth to Greed
Then Greed grew up to gain much
But was a lonely one
Till he met Hate who gave birth
To Pain their only son
And Pain consummated with Envy from
Night time till the morn
And two more children Disloyalty and
Then Murder were born
And you fathered them all and let
Each of these spirit's drown you and Love
Trust and Compassion were not allowed
To be around you so now you stand before me
Crying imploring for help
Asking me to lift the sadness
You inflicted on yourself
Then the old man took the robe off
And his heart began to soften
The stress erased from his face and
His grey began to darken
Then he placed it on the man's back
And the man began to lose it
It was uncomfortable
Heavy and impossible to remove it
The old man said I wore this for fifty years
It wasn't easy
But, you coming to see me took it
Off my back and freed me
So to wipe out the regret and hurt
You feel there's only one way
You'll have to wear this robe till someone
Like you finds you one day

There's a lesson in this, for all of us
The things we do stay with us for years
Till we cleanse them from our internal self
In other words get them demons
Out your heart man