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Broken Glass

by Brian Granse

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Broken Glass © 2020 Brian Granse

Broken glass on the avenue,
Do you hear it now? Is it comin’ through?
Broken signs and broken times,
You hear what you choose, that don’t make it true.

It’s hard to be heard, with a knee on your neck,
Your face in the ground,
And a crowd who can’t do what you need it to.
Throw every flame, cause walkin’ that Southern bridge,
Already did what it’s gonna do.

A line of shields on a line of blue,
Step outta line and they’re gonna step down on you.
Was it ‘65? Or ‘92?
Or every other year runnin’ red, white, and blue?

Well if you run like you know you should,
You’re just another candle in a vase in a sighing neighborhood.
Free to be free, if you stay in your lane,
Where somebody’s always gonna try to take the voice,
Right out of you.

When the night falls on the city,
Oh one day these walls are gonna come down.
At the end of the day, born and raised,
This American dream is gonna push it all to change.

When the night falls on the city,
The voices rain, yeah we’re gonna stand strong behind you.
To the end of days, torn and frayed,
No matter the pain
We’re gonna stand strong behind you.

Broken glass on the avenue,
You can hear it now and it’s coming through.
You can see the signs, you can see it true.
Somebody wants this world to do right by you.

It’s time to be heard for the dead without words.
I wish I could run back time and make it right with you.
But a mother’s fear, can we make it rest?
It never should’ve been,
But we made it bloom.

When the night falls on the city,
You can feel it tonight,
These walls are gonna come down.
At the end of the day, born and raised.
The American Dream is gonna push itself out of the way.

When the night falls on the city,
Voices rain, can you feel it rain down on you?
To the end of days, born to fade,
When the statues fall we’re gonna stand strong behind you.

Yeah the night falls on the city.
Voices rain, can you feel it rain down on you?

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released May 26, 2021
Brian Granse: Guitars, Bass, & drum programming
Paul Brainard: Pedalsteel and baritone guitars

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Brian Granse Portland, Oregon

Brian Granse is a singer and songwriter in Portland, Oregon. He released his first EP,” 0.5,” in 2001, and then Earthrise (2004) and American Nobody (2006). After touring and piecing together construction jobs, Granse performed full-time from 2007- 2010. Granse now teaches beat production, audio engineering, and Social Studies at an alternative high school, producing Hip-Hop with Portland youth. ... more

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