Ashes (2021) Lyrics

A crime of deadly passion

An act of stark oppression

On display for all to see and

Going viral instantly

Staring at the outside world

Like creatures in a cage

Waiting for the moment to release their rage

Somewhere

I have heard the words

"I cannot breathe" before

Keep your calls for civility

There is no choice, this is our voice, so burn it to the ground

This path is unsustainable

Justice is unobtainable

Decades spent inside a dream

About to wake up in a scream

A population lathed in hate

Told one too many times

"You're to believe my words alone and not your eyes"

Three months

Locked in quarantine

Pressure overflows

One small spark is all it takes

To trigger this, configure this, and burn it to the ground

Violence and bloodshed

Bursting like a warhead

Flying past the point of no return

Staring down the riot guns walking through the fire

Violence and bloodshed

Brutal, dire and widespread

And the day has come for you to learn

When everything around us has fallen to the fire

We will rise from the ashes

Protesters, they are marching

Police are on the line

Attacking with their batons, mace and tasers

This fight is escalating

The troops are in the street

But the fires in the night have just begun

The third precinct is burning

There's tear gas in the air

Police arresting journalists and gazers

The president is lying

The talking heads are bought

Militias armed, they fire and they run

Kingdoms

They are crumbling

As ashes rain from the sky

A year from now with verdict in

Guilty, guilty, guilty is the charge that we have won

Violence and bloodshed

Bursting like a warhead

Flying past the point of no return

Staring down the riot guns walking through the fire

Violence and bloodshed

Brutal, dire and widespread

And the day has come for you to learn

When everything around us has fallen to the fire

We will rise from the ashes