To Ghosts of Old
She envies the birds overhead
How she longs to be free - soaring
Each failure a feather to seal her fate
Oh the crushing weight of indifference
Blind tendrils reach out to touch her
Like rising smoke blackens the air
And filters through locked doors to penetrate
Raise a monument to suffering
A sacrifice to ghosts of old
She watches the birds overhead
Black rippling wings - they're circling
Still reaping the sins of fathers
Oh exchanging violence for indifference
A foundation built on black feathers
Always mistaking pain for intimacy
She swears to the peeling walls
She'll never be a casualty of this city
Raze this monument
Raze this monument to human suffering
And exorcise the ghosts of old
A reflection of birds overhead
Like insects below - swarming
Helplessly navigating this
Labyrinth of oppressive indifference
Gathering her black feathers like leaves in the fall
Solitary ascent to touch the sun
She bids farewell to these peeling walls
Never to be a casualty of this city
Raze this monument
Among the birds overhead
How she longed to be free - soaring
Reflecting a red sky spreading over
The cold stone labyrinth immutable
Transcending the maze of indifference
Destined to be a casualty of this city
Another glorious sacrifice to ghosts of old
How she longs to be free - soaring
Each failure a feather to seal her fate
Oh the crushing weight of indifference
Blind tendrils reach out to touch her
Like rising smoke blackens the air
And filters through locked doors to penetrate
Raise a monument to suffering
A sacrifice to ghosts of old
She watches the birds overhead
Black rippling wings - they're circling
Still reaping the sins of fathers
Oh exchanging violence for indifference
A foundation built on black feathers
Always mistaking pain for intimacy
She swears to the peeling walls
She'll never be a casualty of this city
Raze this monument
Raze this monument to human suffering
And exorcise the ghosts of old
A reflection of birds overhead
Like insects below - swarming
Helplessly navigating this
Labyrinth of oppressive indifference
Gathering her black feathers like leaves in the fall
Solitary ascent to touch the sun
She bids farewell to these peeling walls
Never to be a casualty of this city
Raze this monument
Among the birds overhead
How she longed to be free - soaring
Reflecting a red sky spreading over
The cold stone labyrinth immutable
Transcending the maze of indifference
Destined to be a casualty of this city
Another glorious sacrifice to ghosts of old
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Tsan
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