Only in America: When the Curtains of the Night are Peeled Back

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Matthew E. White (born August 14, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, arranger, and founder of Spacebomb Records in Richmond, Virginia. more »

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When the curtains of this night are peeled back 
And we know what we’ve done in the darkness
Our bodies will choke
On the pillars of smoke
That crawl from the blazes we started 


When the curtains of this night are pinned back 
And the clouds are rolled up like a scroll 
When the fields have all burned
But the storm has adjourned
Our sorrows, like oceans, will roll 


This song’s for Walter Scott
This song’s for Emmett Till
This song’s for Philando Castile 


When the curtains of this night are pinned back
And the silence is thick with a light that’s unknown  
And the ashes have woven
Themselves through the ground
And the lies that were bought are now sold


When the curtains of this night are peeled back
And it’s clear what we threw on the pyre
We will shout for forgiveness
For all bearing witness
Or flagrantly fanning the fire 


This song’s for Walter Scott
This song’s for Emmett Till
This song’s for Philando Castile 
This song’s for Sandra Bland - modulate to G
Stephon Clark and Freddie Gray
This song’s for Rodney King 
Michael Brown and Botham Jean - modulate to A
Corey Jones and Tony Green 
This song’s for Martin Luther King

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