Based on Netherlands 2014
The Common Linnets — Calm After the Storm
Suffocating silence
Here at 16th Street and I
The angry crowds beside me
All want answers why
Livin’ in the cursed kind
Of what’s called “interesting times”
No one feigns ignorance
‘Cause we could see the signs
Dark clouds are all I see
A Monday in DC
And all I wanna do is breathe
Lungs cry for justice
Tear gas in my eyes
The Square they call Lafayette
By force brought into line
I just want for Black Lives
to Matter just like mine
But the unnamed force invading
Thinks fascism is fine
Dark clouds are all I see
A Monday in DC
And all I wanna do is breathe
Eight forty-six and life is gone
There’s no moving on
When all we wanna do is breathe
Maybe come November
We can breathe again
Someday soon, if ever
And if not now, then when?
Dark clouds are all I see
A Monday in DC
And all I wanna do is breathe
There’s no liberty
When all we wanna do is breathe