Black Fire Smoke

from The Great Migration by Trevor Garrod

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lyrics

A sparrow’s egg in a cedar box
It’s speckled like the sky
The embryo is drained and drawn
There’s no one left inside

But the light is on, the lazy lie
We cannot reconcile
We’ll waste the world because its ours
Because its ours we burn

Black fire smoke
Black fire smoke
Black fire flaming I’m changing
To black fire smoke
My last hope undying
Consuming daylight
We follow behind

A train of mules in on the trail
They bear their burden well
The mountain came to me I see
And then I said farewell

Your golden globe I do recall
While in your royal robes
I stole it just to melt it down
The map we drew must burn

Black fire smoke
Black fire smoke
Black fire burning I’m turning
Black fire smoke
Is this some kind of joke
Consuming day light
We’re riding the moon

A soldier and his only friend
They flee a star-lit field
New machines replace the things
That chaos has revealed

A sparrow falls and falls alone
Into an outstretched hand
Of those who wait for what may come
Of ashes in the wind

Black fire smoke
Black fire smoke
Black fire flaming I’m changing
To black fire smoke
My last hope undying
Consumes the daylight
Consumes the daylight
Consumes the daylight
And tears down the sky

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from The Great Migration, released January 22, 2021
Additional Musicians:
Aaron redner - violin
Dave Odell - sitar
Adam Boyd - drums
Al Howard - percussion, circuit bent toy

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Trevor Garrod San Francisco, California

Hello folks, I've been rambling around for quite some time, singing songs, playing pianos, and trying to figure it all out.

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