When It Burns

by Sweet Ghosts

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Fire on the mountain, fire on the streets
Black smoke chock the angry hearts tired of keeping beat
Tears that pour like summer storms cannot quell the flames
Those who tried to take a knee will try another way

When it burns, do you wonder why ?
Will you look beyond the rising smoke filling up the sky
If it burns when another dies
Will you weigh the broken glass against the broken lives ?

Only justice can protect us from the binary of war
Any other measure is just a guard placed at the door
Underneath their armor, the guards are only men
Tiny cogs in the crushing wheel that we have made for them
But anything that we can make, we can also mend
Even if it must be broken down and built again
So let us reimagine now, and let a plan be made
Voices that have gone unheard will try another way

When it burns, do you wonder why ?
Will you look beyond the rising smoke filling up the sky
If it burns when another dies
Will you weigh the broken glass against the broken lives ?

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released May 11, 2023
Written and recorded by Ryan Alfred
Performed by Ryan Alfred and Katherine Byrnes
Saxophone performed by Matt Silberman / Narducci (narducciofficial.com)
Mastered by Dana Fehr

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Tucson, AZ based Sweet Ghosts is a collaboration between Ryan Alfred and Katherine Byrnes.

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