[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Low Organ Drone, Distant Snare, Slow Pulsing Bass]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Did you hear that cry…
(From the other side of the sky)
Smoke in the sun
(What have we done)
[Instrumental]
[Slow Bass Walk]
[Organ Swell, Snare March]
[Verse 1]
Sirens in the morning light
(Broken classroom floor)
Little shoes in scattered lines
(They won’t run no more)
Paper dreams and chalkboard dust
(Falling with the roof)
Someone said it must be war
(But where is the proof)
[Chorus]
Hear the collateral cry
(Rising to the sky)
No reason why
(No alibi)
Hear the collateral cry
(Another lullaby)
History sighs
(While innocence dies)
[Bridge – Breakdown]
[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Who gave the command
(To bury the sand)
Hide the shame
(And change the name)
Collateral damage
(That’s what they say)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo – slow, mournful bends]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]
[Verse 2]
Newsprint stains the evening air
(Statistics on a page)
But numbers never show the face
(Or measure up the rage)
Someone’s daughter
(Someone’s friend)
Someone’s story
(At the end)
[Chorus]
Hear the collateral cry
(Rising to the sky)
No reason why
(No alibi)
Hear the collateral cry
(Another lullaby)
History sighs
(While innocence dies)
[Instrumental – Extended Jam]
[Saxophone Solo — lamenting, bluesy]
[Synth Pad — dark, atmospheric]
[Driving Bass, Snare March]
[Bridge – Spoken Breakdown]
[Percussion, Sub Bass]
Tell me now
(What was won)
When the smoke
(Hides the sun)
Freedom falling
(From the sky)
[Final Chorus]
Hear the collateral cry
(Rising to the sky)
No reason why
(No alibi)
Hear the collateral cry
(Another lullaby)
History sighs
(While innocence dies)
[Outro]
[Organ Fade, Soft Piano Notes]
Did you hear that cry…
(From the other side of the sky)
Whatever happened to freedom?
(We still ask why)
[Instrumental Fade]
From the album “Billions“