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Ashes All Fall Down

from Ancient Fire by Jake Shane

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I can see the future in your eyes it’s on fire
And the buildings are burning to the ground
You are so somber as if nothing is to live for
And the ashes are all falling down
The ashes all fall down

A thousand men marching as one beating heart
To the rhythm of a common progenitor
Where manmade borders were touched by the soldiers
It began but don’t anybody ask why for
The day it was darkened with bullets and bodies
And the joy in the world grew less
There you were, expecting your ruin
When rain led the iron sky to rust
Fragmented thoughts floated inside droplets
Of crystal silence falling one by one
Like an ocean for an imagination
Clotting just like blood before the sun

My child have you lost your innocent yearning
To find out what it is to exist?
Have you forgotten the whirlwind you’re caught in
Is as fleeting as the memories you miss?

I heard you say yesterday
“Nothing matters anyway
All is made to perish in time
And the world is spinning its demise”
Well if that’s true and I were you
I’d enjoy it all while it lasts
And not worry about the future or the past

Even the dreams of a prophet like you
Could not foresee the darkness of this night
I can only wonder where you are at this moment
Beyond the scope of this stargazer’s sight

A candle flame dances to the orchestra wind
Playing sharp through a cracked window
I guessed not you would go so soon
And leave me here conversing with the shadows
As the ashes are all falling down
The ashes all fall down

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from Ancient Fire, released April 21, 2012

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Jake Shane Madrid, Spain

Jake Shane is an American singer-songwriter based in Madrid, Spain.

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