Martha

from STRIKE ONE! by Fourth Strike Records

Martha by VigilantBaker (vigilantbaker.bandcamp.com)

We ended the storm again
But the storm isn’t done
I still remember
You won’t be the last one

Those won’t be your last words
You will speak again
The oaks will remember
Even if we forget

Born in Cincinnati
Stuck in a cage
You were one of a kind
You were the end of an age

We all came to see you
To pay our respects
To see the finale
A pilgrimage to our debts

The oaks will remember
Because trees can’t forget
But if I opened the door for you
You won’t see your friends

They’re all just shadows
Or notes on a page
But if the sun is low, and the shadows grow
We could begin a new age

These won’t be your last words
You will speak again
The oaks still remember
You will be born again