Sirens

Freedom talks but I can't hear a sound
So busy learning how to kneel and crawl
My existence now they rule in fear
As you hear the sirens screaming near

I don't want to see you die in vain
Come and see there's more than love and pain
Take your place upon the blazing skies
Where we learn to suffer

Build a world on dreams and hopes
Shelter for our haunted past
Bring the paints and paint it all
Sketch your face in overcast

Show your scars, try to convince the world
Stay aside as we approach the shore
I will cover up my dry eyes
Come describe me where salvation lies

Hate to see you gone and disappear
Dark and cold the lonely nights to come
Take your place upon my growing fear
Where we learn to suffer

It wasn't meant to end it this way
Under me an empty subway
Hopeless tribes are waiting near you
Waiting for a spark

Build a world on dreams and hopes
Shelter for our haunted past
Bring the paints and paint it all
Sketch your face in overcast
Bring the torch and burn it all
Conflagration of the damned