Little Piece of Somewhere

An empty cup, an empty tree -
Stars glinting through the branches
In the snow-scarred silence I can hear
The distant avalanches

Crashing down the mountainside -
Tearing limb from limb;
The terror and the tyranny
Of a mighty, melting whim...

And though the danger's far away
I'm driven to my knees to pray
I'm weeping for
That little piece of somewhere
Forever swept away

A blackened soul, a wild eye -
A bullet and a gun
Footsteps throb and heartbeats race -
I break into a run...

And though the danger's far away
I'm driven to my knees to pray
I'm weeping for
That little piece of someone
Forever swept away...

"Come, let us reason"
On why we are insane;
It's just so hard to think straight
With a bullet in my brain...

And though the danger's far away
I'm driven to my knees to pray
I'm weeping for
That little piece of something
Forever swept away

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