The Shadow Line - Jordan Reyne

The sky threw down it’s blood and rain on the day that she was born

They gave her number, rank and name

To see if she could hold her own

But I won’t see red

She wouldn’t wear her shoes of green, my little girl, and she wouldnt sing

And when at last, they asked her why

She pointed at the world outside

But I wont see red

The men in power, they set up eyes, to show us where the shadow lines

Would trip and blow, and show us how

To keep us safely from ourselves

And they watched us fall down one by one

As the hunger came and seasons turned

Till in the end, they called her name

And the fear bit deep, and the sirens came

But I wont see red

They say some towns are painted gold, and pictures line the city walls

They show us things we cannot be

And lead us there in hope and greed

But I wont see red

My little girl, I found her there.

They’d told her she could outrun death

They gave her gold and pretty things

Till she was bought and sold and she

Told me with, her final breath

But I wont see red

When she was gone, they took her name, and all she had lost, to sell again

And the children followed one by one

With empty eyes drawn to the tune

Of endless gold, undying fame

And the cycle turns on blood and rain

And I see red