Far From Canaan
I come from the wallbreakers
I have seen them in the desert
They marched up to the castle
Their horns still ringing in my ears
They brought brass to their parched lips
And they conjured all their fathers
And they drew their ancient breath in
The sound shook the windswept sky
We built our house of cinder
So that it'd withstand the winter
The gusts blow east of Essex
From the river's mouth we knew
In this town of politicians
In the home of ceaseless chatter
The roads that blight the neighborhood
Still hinge on hidden words
I was far from Canaan
I was nowhere new
And the bricks I stacked here
Well they didn't trouble you
I didn't see it coming
Even if I'd learned to fight
When you turned my walls to rubble
Gentle voice that pierced the night
I have seen them in the desert
They marched up to the castle
Their horns still ringing in my ears
They brought brass to their parched lips
And they conjured all their fathers
And they drew their ancient breath in
The sound shook the windswept sky
We built our house of cinder
So that it'd withstand the winter
The gusts blow east of Essex
From the river's mouth we knew
In this town of politicians
In the home of ceaseless chatter
The roads that blight the neighborhood
Still hinge on hidden words
I was far from Canaan
I was nowhere new
And the bricks I stacked here
Well they didn't trouble you
I didn't see it coming
Even if I'd learned to fight
When you turned my walls to rubble
Gentle voice that pierced the night
Credits
Writer(s): Solomon Foster
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