Smoke

A smear of grey across the sky
 A warning in the distance
 An indecipherable alarm
 And there we stood, our mouths agape
 The deer caught in the headlights
 Our minds adrift and far from harm
 [Smoke on the horizonCan the flames be far behind? We run for cover, but it's too lateWe are engulfed, we areThe smoke on the horizon]
 Nothing ventured, nothing lost
 We paid the price, but at what cost?
 We sold our future to the past
 Accept a necessary doom
 Too easily and way too soon
 Ignore the wisdom we amassed
 [Smoke on the horizonCan the flames be far behind? We run for cover, but it's too lateWe are engulfed, we areThe smoke on the horizon]
 A smudge of ash across the ground
 An undelivered message
 All that remains is memory
 A gust of wind across the plains
 Carries away the remnants
 Into forgotten history