Breath of Flames
(ahhhh) The ash cleared out
a lifetime past
Still I count each intake slow
Heavy
ribs and narrow glass
Watching cool morning come and go
I open up
the window screen
To draw the forest in
To let
the quiet wind begin
I want to breathe free
Wide open canopy
Clear water through the stone
Give these lungs room to roam
I want to breathe free
(breathe
free)
Old soot
is stubborn in the chest
It guards the threshold like a stone
Yet every dawn's another test To make this quiet vessel
whole
No smoke in the air today
No walls to keep the blue
away
Fill it all the way
up
Let the current run
I want to breathe free
Wide open canopy
Clear water through the stone
Give these lungs room to roam
I want to breathe free (yeah)
Breathe free
Just let the cool air
be (ahhhh)