Augury

Once more through this merciless heat So blistered and weary our feet Through trees been stripped bare by the rain Caressed by the hunger and strain Ash spirals up from the ground Echoes of life since been drowned The air holds metallic and still A test of our courage and will I just wish you could see what I've seen I just wish you could see what I've seen I just wish you could see what I've seen I just wish you could share this with me The birds all dropped dead at our feet Washed up with the rocks on the beach Beaks crushed like tin cans in the street All rise to this chemical beat The fish float on top of the lake I glance down at my legs as they shake Our path stretches out through the smoke As the clouds in the sky all but choke I just wish you could see what I've seen I just wish you could see what I've seen I just wish you could see what I've seen I just wish you could share this with me I just wish you could see what I've seen I just wish you could see what I've seen We'll head where the blood stains the sand Where flames lick the salt off the land Where the crowd cries out longing for more We'll draw shapes in the dust on the floor We'll draw shapes in the dust on the floor