On the Edge before the Blast

[Verse 1] There’s a hole in the heartland, and a whisper in the dust Where the morning sang like any other, ‘til the steel betrayed the trust They say a man drove thunder to the children’s door But I heard two engines hummin’, and only one got the score [Verse 2] The courthouse clock was ticking, but the records ain’t survived The files for the witch’s trial just vanished, clean and dry And the suits who manned the towers — they left their desks that day Said a warning wind was blowin’, and they just walked away [Chorus] Now there’s rubble in the silence, and names carved in the stone But the questions keep on breathin’ where the truth won’t make it home One man wore the jacket, stared calm into the flame But his eyes said, “This ain’t justice, boys — just part of the game.” [Verse 3] They found him in the desert, with a Bible and a frown Said he hated flags and tyrants, and wanted to burn it down But some saw him with a partner — a ghost behind the wheel And the tapes got lost in transit, just like how silence feels [soulful emotional sulking musical interlude] [Bridge] You don’t need to fake a nightmare if you know the script by heart When the players wear their shackles like they’re trophies torn apart He called himself the soldier, but he never named the war And the ones who pulled the wires don’t pace no cellblock floor [Chorus] There’s still rubble in the silence, smoke inside the prayer And the children still ain’t woken from the fire in the air One man wore the blame, and never broke the chain But sometimes a fall man’s chosen ’cause he never will explain [Outro] So pour one for the silence, and one for what we missed And one for Uncle Timothy, who signed it with a kiss If you see two men drivin’ through the pages of a plan… Just know one was made of matches, And the other of a hand.