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The Flame Before The Flies

from Night by Marc Wolfson Pinansky

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Lyrics inspired by Elie Wiesel's Night

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Am I understood?
Am I cleaning clear?
Are you going to run?
Or stay right here
I hope you’ve bested fear
Things are not as they appear

But how can you be sure
I’ve heard this all before
Six million souls in dust
A flight of one turns eyes to skies and minds
To bend toward distant light
A gilded path of lies
The flame before the flies

The foot that feels the ground
Belongs to armored proud
But not a shield does make
All ashes in the wake
As the sighing passed for sound
The world still spun its round
The shovels ever quaked
The earth was forced to break

March your feeble foot
Wrapped in Turin’s shroud
Let your hate ignite
And carry forth a solitary light
Through shadow, fog and night
You’ll make the hollow proud
Not question why endowed

The foot that feels the ground
Belongs to armored proud
But not a shield does make
All ashes in the wake
As the sighing passed for sound
The world still spun its round
The shovels ever quaked
The earth was forced to break

Pack in the railroad cars
See the snow through the bars
Mother and family
Yeah, they’ll be alright
Working will set you free
Chimney smoke slavery
Draw back your quivering bow
Cross violin strings

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from Night, released June 27, 2017
MARC WOLFSON PINANSKY, RUNNER'S HIGH MUSIC, ASCAP

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Marc Wolfson Pinansky Boston, Massachusetts

Professional amateur musician. Singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist from Massachusetts. The Family Township, The Bored of Health, Runner & the Thermodynamics, The Zips. Drummer for Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones. Home recordist. Grammatical rascal. Speaks cat. Gets more done in a bathrobe than most do in a suit. ... more

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