Monday, 12 November 2018

summer is the season of fire

[[ summer wildfires ]]

someone set this mountain on fire
while we were sleeping 

coming back by daylight, you feel
the flame still creeping

this is where our home used to be
now all that's standing
is you and me

you see it on the horizon
you think there's plenty of time
and then the devil comes 
walking [[ two syllables to sound like a siren ]]
up your[[ two syllables to sound like a siren ]] 
street one [[ two syllables to sound like a siren ]]
house at a time

someone burned this valley down
while we were dreaming

you hear the roofs fall in on themselves
and horses screaming

this is where our home used to be
now the smoke's rolling
down to the sea

I think I heard somebody 
praying in the smoke 
to Santa Ana.

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