Original Band: Bon Jovi
Track Title: Lower the Flag
Version: Main
Original Duration: 4 minutes 55 seconds
Mix Duration: 6 minutes 42 seconds
Completion Date: 7th of February 2024
Album Title: Shiro Fossa 2024

Album artwork is a work from the lovely  Sparksreactor please go look at his art and consider commissioning him :3

Mix Lyrics:

Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh

Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Word just came from upstate Joe
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Lower the flag again
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
This time it's Dayton, Southwest Ohio
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Last night El Paso, Texas counted 22 dead

Soon, the brass will offer up their thoughts and prayers
Soon, there'll be protests in the street
And the media from out of town will chew it up and spit it out
And move on to the next one before we even grieve
Yeah, they'll move on to the next one before we even grieve

Some say we start to die on the day that we're born
But no one wants to live life on their knees
Maybe we start to die on the day that we're born
But we deserve to live life in-between

Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh

A husband kissed the cross that bears his Margie's name
And promises he'll see her once again
Won't see her children grow, won't see their love grow old
Last night, their dream became a nightmare and their nightmare has no end
Last night, their dream became a nightmare and their nightmare has no end

Some say we start to die on the day that we're born
But no one wants to live life on their knees
Maybe we start to die on the day that we're born
But we deserve to live life in-between

God damn it's hard to sleep when I lay my head down
What if it was your loved one layin' on the ground?
I'm left to think about, "What if, what now?"
Dear God, I wanna pray, but tonight, I have my doubts
When I think about those families now

If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out

If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
El Paso, Texas
Dayton, Ohio
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
Las Vegas, Nevada
Sebring, Florida
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Orlando, Florida
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
Penn State University
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Aurora, Illinois
Virginia Beach, Virginia
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
Gilroy, California
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
Columbine
Columbine
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Sandy Hook Elementary

Some say we start to die on the day that we're born
But no one wants to live life on their knees
Maybe we start to die on the day that we're born
You believe what you want to believe
But we deserve to live life in-between

Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Word just came from upstate Joe
Lower the flag again

Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh

Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out
Oohh-oohh-oohh-oohh
If there's somethin' we can talk about, let's talk about it
If there's somethin' we can figure out, let's figure it out

Shiro note;

It is absolutely shameful that these completely preventable accounts of heartbreak continue because of an easily amendable amendment that would save lives and make the United States less of a shitshow that doesn't care about it's people. A flag does nothing, changes to save lives does. And I don't care about political standpoints but with the gun control issue is a fucking joke. Rest in peace to anyone and everyone lost to these repugnant events.