Ashes of Tomorrow

Lyrics

Before The Last Flame Dies" In the vein of Earth Song by Michael Jackson [Verse 1 - Quietly, mournful] What have we done to the sky above? Where did we bury the rivers of love? The fields are black where the children played And the smoke rolls thick where the forests laid Cities crumbling, dust and bone Every missile carves another grave in stone And the oil burns bright like a fever dream While the oceans rise and the coastlines scream [Pre-Chorus - building tension] Can you hear the earth beneath us crying? Can you feel the century slowly dying? Every bomb that falls, every field that burns Is another page we can never turn [Chorus - powerful, raw, anthemic] What about the world we leave behind? What about the wars we've lost our minds to fight? What about the fire in the sky tonight? Before the last flame dies Before the last flame dies [Verse 2 - passionate, urgent] The generals sleep while the tropics drown And the oil fields glow as the glaciers go down A thousand tanks roll through ancient ground Crushing every seed that could turn things around We trade the future for a flag and a line Pour the petrol deep and call the darkness fine But the children born in the rubble and the rain They'll inherit every scar of our shame [Pre-Chorus] Can you hear the thunder that we're making? Can you feel the very ground is breaking? Every treaty burned, every forest gone How much further can we carry on? [Chorus] What about the world we leave behind? What about the wars we've lost our minds to fight? What about the fire in the sky tonight? Before the last flame dies Before the last flame dies [Bridge - spoken/raw cry, gospel-intensity building] What about the coral reefs beneath the burning sea? What about the children breathing toxic air for free? What about the soldier in a field that used to bloom? What about tomorrow — are we dancing with our doom? We poured the poison in the well We rang the bell, we rang the bell We cracked the world right at its seams And buried all our children's dreams It's not too late — but God, it's late Still not too late — but God, it's late [Final Chorus - full gospel power, massive] What about the world we leave behind? What about the wars we sold our souls to fight? What about the fire burning through the night? Before the last flame dies What about the sky, what about the sea? What about the price of all this history? What about the chance — what about right now? We have to find a way — we have to find out how Before the last flame dies... Before the last flame dies... [Outro - fading, haunting] Come together... come together... Before the flame... before the flame... (Silence)