Revival Fires

This land has been scorched
 Unrecognizable black
 Return to nothing
 after golden harvests of past
 This land was choked
 with resentment and lingering remnants
 This land was begging for breath
 and pleading to be peeled back
 And with this piece of earth
 and with our lives inescapably intertwined
 To start from scratch is all we ask
 now that the ruin has been wreaked
 The song we sing while we work
 must be written while we work
 Today, Tonight's meal must be killed
 Tomorrow must be earned
 Will forgiveness be granted?
 A scandal for every sinner
 in this enchanted town
 With a growing gnawing fear of winter
 and memories that won't leave us alone
 This land was choked with resentment
 and lingering remnants
 This land was begging for breath
 and pleading to be peeled back
 And with this piece of earth
 and with our lives inescapably intertwined
 To start from scratch is all we ask
 now that the ruin has been wreaked
 And the trial is upon you
 Time is the only true victor
 Crucible
 Let this day the blood of immigrant
 furthest from the home
 Trickle out and spill into the hole
 Problems follow so we face
 Stand on the singed shore
 Let the waves wash over you
 Today is burning
 Tomorrow is ripe