My Country Burns

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Devotio

In ancient Roman religion, the devotio was an extreme form of votum in which a Roman general vowed to sacrifice his own life in battle along with the enemy to chthonic gods in exchange for a victory. The most extended description of the ritual is given by the Augustan historian Livy, regarding the self-sacrifice of Decius Mus. The English word "devotion" derives from the Latin. Devotio may be a form of consecratio, a ritual by means of which something was consecrated to the gods. The devotio has sometimes been interpreted in light of human sacrifice in ancient Rome, and Walter Burkert saw it as a form of scapegoat or pharmakos ritual. By the 1st century BC, devotio could mean more generally "any prayer or ritual that consigned some person or thing to the gods… more »

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In the hills so near, so distant
Comes a glowing in the skies
It is known within this instant
It will bring a tear to our eyes
All this heat and still no rain
Has bled this this great country dry
A tiny spark can bring such pain
Birthing flames that tower so high
So high yeah
When the smoke is in the air
It can turn day into night
You can feel fear and despair
The fire's glow becomes too bright
My country burns!
We're helpless as the fire rages
My country burns!
Firefighters brave the hellish blazes
My country burns!
Could this all have been avoided?
Wrong calls made by the loudest voices
My country burns!
In the hills so near so distant
Comes the firestorm before my eyes
Should we fight or should we vacate?
Choosing if we live or die
My country burns! Burns!
We're helpless as the fire rages
My country burns! Burns!
Firefighters brave the hellish blazes
My country burns! Burns!
Could this all have been avoided?
Wrong calls made by the loudest voices
My country burns! Burns!

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