in the small hours of the night... by Erin Wolf published on 2023-10-18T07:38:06Z ©℗ Erin Wolf 2023 Week 42 - Song A Week featuring Mando the Mandolin Content warning: Lyrics refer to current events in the Middle East, which some listeners may find upsetting. Photo credit: image by gratuit https://www.freeimageslive.co.uk/free_stock_image/fire-sparks-jpg once again our eyes glued to our screens as we watch horror unfold never forget we cry while we watch these fires fly and twilight ends the day how easily we forget that this news really, it ain't new ain't no victors in the afterglow only a pain that grows oh woah oh oh woah oh oh woah oh oh woah oh mothers and children the sick and the dying buried 'neath the rubble in the streets these shallow graves don't care who's laying there bare and free for all to see time's running out the clock ticks on before the final death knell rings who will tell the stories of the broken and the slain so we don't do this shit again oh woah oh oh woah oh oh woah oh oh woah oh oh woah oh oh woah oh Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter Comment by James Tristan Redding Excellent, compelling and a perfect distance in between the ethereal and real world. It can be super challenging (for me anyway) to write something about a real event, without it being as flat as a book report. But this is anything but that 2023-12-03T23:54:06Z Comment by Bernard Dady The horrors of modern urban warfare - started most recently in Syria, then extended to Ukraine and now Gaza. Nowhere is safe at time of conflict. The great sadness of our world. 2023-11-08T09:52:15Z Comment by DharmikaMusic truth 2023-10-25T21:24:04Z Comment by GHOST808/MICHAEL J HOSSACK This song takes me to a peaceful place, perfect for reflecting in the small hours of the night. 2023-10-19T12:37:40Z