Aurora

Every night I sleep in a lonely hole

My head encapsulates thoughts of lead

Every night I wait for someone else

To remember me and collect my dust-ridden remains

Eighty-one years to wake up

Tell my children, I'll write to them tonight

Hold my hand, I'll no longer lay down

Everywhere my thoughts are sprouting life

I need to see him

The one who'll bring me to the path of light

Every day I try to keep away the vultures flying over my head

Every day I yell from this hole that you dug last night for me

I died for something

Could it be that I died for nothing at all?

I never hurt anyone

Yet you kicked in my door and invited me to a shallow grave

If I could have it my way

If I had never died

I would spread the peace I held inside

Eighty-one years to wake up

Can you hear me begging for my life?

Raise me up, you won't keep me down

My presence is living in your mind

Hold my hand, I cannot stay in the ground

Spitting dirt, standing up, I will change what you know

Let me breath, give me air

Not here nor there, but underneath

Let me breath, let me up

Rising from down below

Anyone who wants to stand up

Must be willing to be laid down

Everyone chooses his stone

Every man his thorny crown

I will stand up, Aurora, I will stand up