Smoke Or Fire

This Sinking Ship

Smoke Or Fire


I see myself in my father's eyes 
I see my strengths and my weaknesses 
As children safe in our mothers' arms 
But photos can be misleading 

Out on the branches of our family trees 
That's where the young ones are dwindling 

So will we learn? 
Fought together into the night. 
Can we help this home to survive? 
We need the strength of our families arms 
Not a false sense of solidarity 

Walk together and we could work this out 
Talk together and we could understand 
We need the strength of our families' arms 
I wish I knew where to go from here 

I see the sadness in all their eyes 
I understand why this burdens them 
It's written on my grandfather's 
arms 
Indian ink tells a story there 

Out on the branches of our family trees 
That's where the young ones are suffering 

We weren't meant to take this on 
But this can't be here when we are gone 
Given all we have now is to make the time 
That we have left last forever 
All that we have left is to make this time last forever 
Then we'll have learned 

Look into your son and forget what you've seen 
Protect what you love and say what you mean 
Before you send a sinking ship into the 
sea 
Goddamn, I wish I knew when we started this