Fire On Peshtigo - O'Death

O how had it filled the night with broken empty song

Hold on

And made the night more hideous by their squawking call

Hold on, breathless air

The prairie just a cloud of smoke, horizon turning red

O horror, breathless air, cradled child, dead too

An avalanche of coals and cinder hurled against my will

Hold on, breathless air, lake on fire, land too

Running with the river toward salvation in the pond

Hold on

Father, do you think that the end is coming near?

O horror, breathless air

God willed the flames we’re fleeing in a panic but we’re near

Hold on, breathless child, lake on fire, land too

Hold my arms with broken limbs

The flames upon them melt with touch

Boat will ground us till we’re found

And float beyond the state we’re in

Light salvation clear my lungs

And fill the fields returned and lush

Call the lord to cease his judgment

Of our human helpless sin

O how had it filled the night with broken empty song

Alone

Stepping on the neighbor that I once had seen as friend

Alone, breathless air

And robbing life of dignity to every desperate end

Alone, breathless air, lake on fire, land too

Walls of fire, all consuming, reaching for me in the waves

Eyes upon burning slowly it’s left before me charred remains

And the god who pushed me in has ripped away my earthly flesh

Now I’m bound for his last judgment

O my lord I must confess