Helmets

a dumpster suddenly burst into flames

the smoke became a flood

I caught the look you gave me

as the tension rippled through the air

for a moment I forgot the reason

why I was there

and you said

let's start a fire

we ran down an alley full of glass

scattered on the cobblestone

that morning we were thousands

but now we're running home alone

nobody was certain in the end we could change anything

but we did it anyway

but I can see us falling

it doesn't have to be

that way

I don't know, I don't know

what it takes to make a change

paint a sign, learn the stakes

read the books that burn the flags

hold my hand, hold that spark

that tear gas hit a loving heart

I wanna see you look at me that way

again