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A Fire That Grows As It Burns

from City of God by Sophie's Dream

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i took a walk down to the shore last night
while all the others were asleep
the ships lined up far from the city's lights
you shouldn't make promises you can't keep

pray for evening, seek to save
the dawn's own herald infantry
for the sake of a single wave
i fear that i would halt the swelling sea

down in the camp, the women waiting
from where i stand, i can see the gate
mothers, wives, and children praying
i wonder if their women pray like us as they wait

and we all have friends who wait back home
what's a promise worth when the future can't be known?

there's a lark that sings some gentle mornings
in the moment after waking before dread returns
but there's a crow that flies and brings foul warnings
and i dream of a fire that grows as it burns

i saw the blood left on the stone
i wanted to run but how far could i get alone?

there's a nightmare i've never had before
where bodies crumble into ashes and urns
all i want is for us to survive this war
but i dream of a fire that grows as it burns

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from City of God, released August 23, 2014

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