Once upon a time a violet opened up for spring

Only to encounter violence like she'd never seen

Now her joyful hum echoes through trees

That used to grow where they've paved in the street

Once upon a time a songbird flew away for good

Every melody went unheard in a concrete world

Now her joyful hum echoes through trees

That used to grow where they've paved in the street

After an autumn of ends led to silence

Winters cloak covered the tracks of the tyrants

Spring couldn't bring on the promise of June

With no voice to sing and nothing to bloom