Roses and Ash
All Words and Music by Annie Rapid

Summer time camp out
Michele's backyard
We got a jungle out here
We got firefly jars
We are twelve years old
It's still remarkable
To hold your breath
For one whole minute Upstairs bedroom window
Michele's older sister Kimberly
A mirror the future
She's seventeen years old
She's a mystery
She's five years from now
She looks nothing like me
She's roses and ash
She's an angel
We dance in her shadows
That whole summer long
Down at Rancho Park pool
We'd float on our backs
Wait for twelve years old to pass
And Kimberly
Her seventeen year old body
Public waters are dangerous
They say a girl could get pregnant
She's roses and ash
She's an angel
We dance in her shadows
I don't remember
When every thing changed
When we lost our light
To the shadows of Kim
And their marketing dreams
And our desperation
We still live in our bodies
But we no longer like them
We are roses and ash
We are angels
We live in the shadows
But I still remember
That twelve year old summer
Floating on public waters
Our spirits unanchored
We are roses and ash
We are angels
We dance in the shadows

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