Dust in the air and shadows they dance A quiet street where love had its chance Now echoes of cries fill the amber sky The world turned away as the moments drift by Through the cracks of a frozen frame Burning hearts play a nameless game Hope clings tight while the sirens scream Nightmares bleed into every dream Fields once golden now painted in pain River runs red like a wailing refrain Hands that built are now forced to break A fragile peace too easy to shake Can you hear the whispers in the threadbare air Promises of solace are so unfair Grasping at straws of what used to be Through the cracks we still try to see Through the cracks of a fractured glass Broken voices of the days that passed Still they rise though the shadows lean Fighting for the light in the in-between A boy and his kite once painted the sky Now torn apart as the clouds drift by But a seed of hope beneath the freeze Waits for the sunlight to bring its ease