Mei Mei Lyrics

Mama I don't want to run away 
You know that I could never stay 
If this letter never reaches home 
I wave goodbye to you and mei mei 
You know the placards and the common way 
You wore the hat that never fades 
You know the hatred for the grave 
Of everything you lost that day 
The rice grows faster than the hands can cut it down 
I can see it rising in the wind
Withered palaces will never stop the rain from falling 
In between the cracks until the cracks turn into veins 
Flowing through another reign 
Don't fear the truth that holds the world away 
Don't fly the flag that never waves 
I saw a soldier with his gun 
Listening to the v.o.a. 
I curse the poster in the people's way 
I curse the bottle to its grave 
And even so I know this rage 
Connects me with the ones I hate 
Time will lay its peonies upon your bed 
Fate will hold you helpless in its net 
And like a quickly fading song 
How soon the world forgets