The Fifth of July - Color Theory

Gunpowder traces

Charcoal circles on the ground

Shot me with a Roman candle

You really shouldn’t fool around

We stood there barefoot

Sweating in the summer heat

As the rockets turned to rainbows

In the middle of our street

Now the smoke has cleared

The fireworks show is over

Steam and sulfur

Now the smoke has cleared

The days when we were closer

Ashes smolder

On the fifth of July

I count ten heartbeats

Face the heat of your red glare

How I’ll miss these grand explosions

F-bombs bursting in the air

Now the smoke has cleared

The fireworks show is over

Steam and sulfur

Now the smoke has cleared

Declare your independence

Or pledge allegiance

Do you want to be free

From me?

Now the smoke has cleared

The fireworks show is over

Steam and sulfur

Now the smoke has cleared

Declare your independence

Or pledge allegiance

Don’t you want to be free?

To be free

On the fifth of July