Dust Over Tehran

Verse 1

Heavy

Copper on the pavement

I see the dust rising over Tehran

Why you poking the hive

Why you acting so cold

Steel

Tearing through the fabric

Mothers weeping in the sand

Sand

Turning into glass

Under the weight of your thumb

Chorus

Put the fire down

Put the fire down

Mr President look at the ground

There is blood in the dirt

There is blood in the dirt

We just want a quiet day

We just want a quiet day

Put the fire down

Post-Chorus

No war

No war

No war

Just breathe

Verse 2

Broken

My brother had a kite

High above the canyon

The engine roar drowned him out

Silence is a luxury

I find it

In the spaces you forget

You talk

You talk loud

You talk like we are shadows

Shadows don't bleed

But we do

We spill out red like anyone else

Chorus

Put the fire down

Put the fire down

Mr President look at the ground

There is blood in the dirt

There is blood in the dirt

We just want a quiet day

We just want a quiet day

Put the fire down

Bridge

Stop the missiles

Stop the anger

Stop the greed

I saw a bird fly south

It didn't see the border

It didn't see the wire

Why do you see the target

When I see the sun

Chorus

Put the fire down

Put the fire down

Mr President look at the ground

There is blood in the dirt

There is blood in the dirt

We just want a quiet day

We just want a quiet day

Put the fire down

Outro

Just peace

Just peace

Lower the hand

Let the children sleep

Sleep now

Sleep now