“Star Wars” Ashes of Burnin Konn (Migs Mayfeld Song)

[Verse 1]
I still smell the smoke in my sleep
Hear the cries that cut too deep
We were told it was for peace —
But peace don't burn a city piece by piece

They gave the order, we obeyed
Watched the skies turn black then fade
That rain, it wasn’t water, friend —
Just fire fallin' till the end

[Chorus]
Ashes, ashes, fallin' down
Like ghosts above that crimson ground
We were soldiers, just pawns on a board
Dyin' for flags we couldn’t afford
And no medal, no cause, no command will atone...
For the ashes of Burnin Konn

[Pause. Deep Sigh.]

[Verse 2]
They said Order, said control
Said the Empire had a soul
But souls don’t scorch their own to dust —
No, that’s not power. That’s just rust

I saw the children made of flame
Friends reduced to numbers, names
We loaded crates, we followed law —
And Hell looked back at what we saw

[Chorus]
Ashes, ashes, in the wind
We knew we’d never breathe again
You paint it white, you call it fate —
But murder’s murder, dressed as state
And the screams still echo long...
From the ashes of Burnin Konn

[Bridge. Spoken-sung, bitterly]
They say move on
They say forget
But I still drink
My own regrets
I see their eyes
Each time I blink —
No matter when
I try to think

[The music is a little louder, a little angrier. The guitar is interrupted by a dull finger strike.]

[Final Chorus]
Ashes, ashes, down they fall
Who counts the dead when there's no wall?
Just fields of glass, and skies gone wrong
And names we whisper in the song
I ain't proud of what I done...
But I remember every one...
From the ashes of Burnin Konn