Bars of Pipe

Here we go They lay pipes to rest (Again again) Beneath the earth He lays his pipes And the ocean surge (Again again) They lay their pipes to rest And it burns and it burns and it burns (They lay they lay their pipes to rest) They lay pipes to rest My spirit wakes again Workers stand abreast Wearing reflective vests Police checkpoint ahead While their judge sits on a bench Forests blaze across continents Smell this putrid stench Trucker high on a seat Mercen AR-15 Smelling diesel fuel green Sludge thick maple leaf A quill an inkwell Injunction registry Trading furs lies Gold coins and beads Bars of pipe Beneath earth Woods alight Oceans surge Bars of pipe Feel them laid Woods alight We cannot wait Bars of pipe Beneath earth earth earth Woods alight and the Oceans surge Bars of pipe Feel them laid Woods alight We cannot wait They lay pipes to rest My spirit wakes again Workers stand abreast Wearing reflective vests Police checkpoint ahead While their judge sits on a bench Forests blaze across continents Smell this putrid stench Trucker high on a seat Mercen AR-15 Smelling diesel fuel green Sludge thick maple leaf A quill an inkwell Injunction registry Trading furs lies Gold coins and beads Bars of pipe Beneath earth Woods alight Oceans surge Bars of pipe Feel them laid Woods alight We cannot wait Bars of pipe Beneath earth earth earth Woods alight and the Oceans surge Bars of pipe Feel them laid Woods alight We cannot wait Divided captured They make the bucket We are the crab It's without a treaty But but but with enclosure They seize the land Their laws are bullshit Discarding their own science lab Whispers in english courtroom Where they set the trap trap Trans Mountain's camp Intricate path shown on Google Maps Overtime clocked And bacon sizzling for cash Bitumen now sinking In the wake of wrath When the eagle feather burns It will all turn to ash Turn to ash Pipes to rest It turns to ash They lay their pipes to rest And it burns and it burns And it burns and it burns And it burns From the sludge emerge monsters Erupted from their contract offers Black liquids fill their coffers Indigenous filling their crosshairs We rise in our resistance Shoulder to shoulder insistent For decades we waited and listened Our next steps our mission Dark days ahead Test what we have said Testing all our lessons Enact protective methods Not the first we've been arrested Looking ahead with those spiritual senses The Thunderbird is present With ancestors we're strengthened Bars of pipe Beneath earth Woods alight Oceans surge Bars of pipe Feel them laid Woods alight We cannot wait Bars of pipe Beneath earth Woods alight Oceans surge Bars of pipe Feel them laid Woods alight We cannot wait