Fireweed Songtext
von Brisbo

I spent the last year in a far off land
Moved across the entire continent,
It was time to make a change.
It was time to make a change.

I wouldn′t be here without a bunch of friends
And a ton of lucky breaks and I think of them
All of the time.
All of the time.

It's been a long road from laying on floors and crying to sleep.
You ain′t gonna rip this new life from my cold, dead, bloodied hands.

You were at spring break in sunny lands,
I was couch-surfing in cloudy Cleveland,
I was making my own change.
I was making my own change.

I was fighting for a white-collar dream
That they didn't want me to believe in.
They wanted me to die poor.
They wanted me to die poor.


So I kicked and screamed,
And said "no fucking way, unshackle these chains."
Broke this white trash ceiling,
This is the future that I've always been seeing.

I went on the run for 5,000 miles,
And the fireweed is blooming.
Pieces of You, Here Forever.
Thinking of everyone who was on my side.

Do you remember?
When you 17 and kicked out, when they saved you from that hell?
Do you remember?
When you were 18 with seven dollars in your bank account.

Remember those days as you live it up in a vacation town.
Don′t forget to pay your thanks and spread the wealth around.

I went on the run for 5,000 miles,
And the fireweed is blooming.
Pieces of You, Here Forever.
Thinking of everyone who was on my side.

It′s ok, pinch me awake from this fever dream.
Getting beat down is my theme.
But if I should stay in this reverie,
I'm going to make it fucking count.


Because I′m so sick of watching kids like us
Burn up in the sky, turn to dust,
Move on the next day, saying it can't be helped.
I′m gonna be your space blanket;
The heat shield in the atmosphere
And when we go down in a fiery blaze
Our fireweed will bloom after the rain.

I went on the run for 5,000 miles,
And the fireweed is blooming.
Pieces of You, Here Forever.
Thinking of everyone who was on my side.