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Bethlehem Is Burning

from Bethlehem Is Burning by The Hathaway Family Plot

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I dreamed of fire, every night...

I dreamed of fire
every night, I've been dreaming of fire,
all-consuming, choking me,
choking all of you.
(I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY)
Black clouds, blotting out the sun,
no future, no hope,
this is the way the world ends,
electronic fire
and you are the cause of it all
(<---you are the cause of it all)
(you are the cause of it all--->)

Bethlehem is gone,
the manger is ablaze,
no star to be seen,
no hope.
We've set fire to
humility, civility
We've set fire to empathy,
to reason
We've set fire to amity,
to peace,
and the Prince cannot breathe in his cradle,
while we stare through our screens
in white hot fury.
The worst are full of passionate intensity
while the best lack all conviction.

My dream of fire, seeming all too real
I don't know what is real.
Did we lose our country?
(Was our country real?)
It was never real.
We cannot put out this fire.
I don't want to dream again.
Wake me up, I don't want to dream.
Bethlehem's not coming back,
Republic's not coming back,
Bethlehem's not coming back,
I am not coming back.

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from Bethlehem Is Burning, released January 31, 2018

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The Hathaway Family Plot Buffalo, New York

A pianist / hermit living in Buffalo, NY with a penchant for noise and weirdness. This is his attempt to put something into the world that doesn't sound like anything else. For better or worse. It's all CC BY-NC-SA, so use away for your non-commercial projects, though the musician appreciates when you let him know. ... more

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