While the empire was failing
I was so far from home
I heard a thousand sirens wailing
So I was never on my own
And when the blackness slowly parted
I saw the ivory towers
Before the revolution started
Between the madness of the hoursAnd they don’t see what we see
We believe, we believeThat they’re not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They’re here today, then they’re gone forever
Never say, never say, never say
We’ll find a way, we’ll find a way
We’ll find a way, imagine if we couldIn the days that quickly followed
They began to turn to stone
They couldn’t stand or speak or swallow
They couldn’t get out of bed alone
And when the frailty overcomes them
And they begin to crawl
Reaching out their bloody hands
Guess who gets to make the call?They don’t see what we see
We believe, we believeThat they’re not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They’re here today, then they’re gone forever
Never say, never say, never say
We’ll find a way, we’ll find a way
We’ll find a way, imagine if we couldI contemplate with sovereign reverence that act
Of the whole American people, which declared that
Their legislature should make no law
Respecting an establishment of religion
Or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Thus building a wall of separation
Between Church and StateNo, they’re not gonna live forever
Written by Brandi Carlile, Andrew Wotman, Phil Hanseroth, and Tim Hanseroth
Burn tomorrow, never say
They’re here today, then they’re gone forever
Never say, never say, never say
We’ll find a way, we’ll find a way
We’ll find a way, imagine if we could
Another great song from Brandi Carlile’s latest album “Returning to Myself”. But Thursdays are for flowers and this flowertography session took place in my yard and includes pictures of my favorite lily.
Here are the pictures:
Next Thursday’s flowertography session will be a brief one, but also from my yard.