Breonna
Breonna's Echo: A Poignant Tale of Injustice and Remembering
Lyrics
Long day come home lock the door
Returning home after a long day and securing the door.
Through the keys away
Discarding the keys, possibly emphasizing a sense of safety or isolation.
Stumble to the kitchen
Moving unsteadily to the kitchen.
Drop your clothes to the floor
Removing clothes, symbolizing exhaustion or vulnerability.
Destroyed at the end of your day
Feeling defeated or emotionally drained at the end of the day.
Fourteen hours tomorrow Fourteen more as you climb on into your bed
Highlighting long working hours and exhaustion as one goes to bed.
You hear a rustle outside
Hearing a disturbance outside the home.
Then a flash grenade
Encountering a sudden, disorienting event, possibly a police raid.
A loud pop
Abrupt and startling noise, adding to the chaos.
Blood spills from your head
An intense moment of violence resulting in injury.
They didn't knock at night before They kicked down your door
Contrasting the current intrusion with past norms of knocking.
They didn't knock and they let Themselves in
Emphasizing the lack of courtesy as they enter without permission.
They didn't knock at night while you Were asleep
Highlighting the vulnerability during sleep without a warning.
They didn't knock, before the bullet Went in
Underscoring the absence of warning before a life-changing event.
Every single day we hear stories
Expressing the ubiquity of stories about injustice and degradation.
Of injustice and degradation
Condemning dehumanization based on race, creed, or color.
Dehumanizing people based on their Race their creed or their colour
Criticizing obedience and the demand to conform.
Do as your told
Addressing the expectation to unquestionably follow orders.
Stop resisting
Emphasizing the pressure to comply without resistance.
You better fall in line
Warning against deviating from societal expectations.
But we remember Breonna.
Remembering Breonna Taylor, possibly a victim of injustice.
And the countless others
Acknowledging numerous others who lost their lives unjustly.
Who needlessly lost their lives
Reflecting on the unnecessary loss of lives.
They didn't knock at night, before They kicked down your door
Reiterating the lack of warning before intrusion.
They didn't knock and they let Themselves in
Emphasizing the disregard for privacy as they enter unannounced.
They didn't knock at night while
Repeating the theme of vulnerability during sleep.
You were asleep
Reiterating the absence of warning before a life-altering event.
They didn't knock, before the bullet Went in
Underscoring the lack of warning before a fatal incident.
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