Flicker and Fade - 8.16.01
This song is about a young man realizing
that the world he lives in was built on
foundations of endorsed genocide.
--Adam
Blinding flash in the distance,
street lights flicker and fade.
What do I do when they turn away,
just so they can't see it.
Nations slaughter each other;
results of our parents' neglect.
Global police staffed by kids,
power entails responsibility.
Street lights flicker and fade away.
Glass breaks and melts before it lands.
Carbon leaves shadows on pavement,
shadows much more than permanent.
I don't know where to go, there's nowhere to go.
And every day's a useless wish for a place to stay where race doesn't come into play.
I think I'll stand watch my shadow flicker and fade.
I don't know where to go, there's nowhere to go.
I don't nowhere to go, I don't nowhere to...
Street lights flicker and fade away.
Glass breaks and melts before it lands.
Carbon leaves shadows on pavement,
shadows much more than permanent.
What do I do when they turn away,
just so they can't see it.
Street lights flicker and fade away.