I Saw the Bombs Fall - Phinehas

I awoke from a nightmare

In a fit, conscious yet slow

Cold sweat and colder air

Blinding flashes cast a shadow

Before the sound hit the square

The end of it all

They kept you from your TV screens

With sleight of hand

I dreamt of a lifeless rock

A cratered wasteland

It’s not just an alternate reality

I saw the bombs fall

It’s not just overseas

I saw the bombs fall

Are we really that far away?

I might not live to see

That this is only a dream

Is it really too hard to recall what brought the end of it all?

We lost our chance to rewrite history

Rewrite history

A path void of heroes

The abysmal waste of what could have been

Discerning only ones and zeroes

There’s still space between for them

Peel back what covers your ears

Hear that a nation is crying out for mercy

Mercy

Before it’s too late for them

To raise us up

Mercy

Before it’s too late for them

Mercy

Are we really that far away?

I might not live to see

That this is only a dream

Is it really too hard to recall what brought the end of it all?

We lost our chance

We lost our chance to rewrite history

Between the bodies and trenches and the blistering sky

It’s not just overseas

I saw the bombs fall

I saw the bombs fall