After We’re Gone

AFTER WE’RE GONE (Andrew Ranken)

There will be peace after we’re gone
After we drop the very, very last bomb
After we sing the final song
There will be peace after we’re gone

This paradise, that’s all we’ve lost
It’s only life, that’s all it cost
Don’t matter now who’s the boss
Ain’t no river left to cross

Lights out in the valleys
Darkness in the hills
No more smoking chimneys
Silence in the mills
No ringing of the tills
Ain’t paying no more bills

No more we’ll hunger, no more we’ll thirst
Nobody’s last, nobody’s first
End of the chapter, end of the verse
Don’t send the chauffeur, send the hearse

The stain of blood, the stain of rust
A splintered shell, a shattered husk
All that’s left to gather dust
The mountain crumbles, as it must

There will be peace after we’re gone
After we drop the very, very last bomb
After we sing the final song
There will be peace after we’re gone

Vocal: Andrew Ranken
Drums: Lou Salvoni
Bass: Simon Korner
Guitars: Patmo Sheeran
Piano: Joe Korner
Backing vocals: Nikki Akinjinmi, Patmo Sheeran, Joe Korner