Brushfire on Gasoline

A Poem by Athena Marie

Lyrics for a soon-to-be-released song I wrote by the same name. Copyright 2015 Athena Wisniewski / ASCAP Neon Rain Publishing. More info at http://sagewindmusic.net and http://athenasongs.net

Thirteen times around the block

With every one we've taken stock

As numbers shift around the clock

Words have changed but voices stay the same

Conscience is an empty drum

It beats for us one by one

A bad decision on the run

Judge and jury safe behind a screen

'Brushfire on gasoline

Spread your hate like acid rain

It never seems to drown you out

Fanning flames with the burning of their names'

Old story with a new headline

Same image we saw last time

No one knows if it's truth or lies

But they still quote the words in question

Bandwagon's about to crash

Fact and fiction bound to clash

Infrastructure is dust and ash

Thought-police armed with their opinions

'Brushfire on gasoline

Spread your hate like acid rain

It never seems to drown you out

Fanning flames with the burning of their names'

Thirteen times around the block

With every one we've taken stock

As numbers shift around the clock

Words have changed but voices stay the same

© 2015 Athena Marie

Author's Note

Thank you for reading my lyrics!

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jacob erin-cilberto

such a pertinent write considering the state of the world today...one terrorist act after another...

Credence Clearwater Revival used to write songs about "rain"...referring to it as trouble...

there is much rain today...we are being drowned in the hate...we need a flood of love to bring us back.