Balloon #3 - The Candle Thieves

There were balloons in the sky

When his last night arrived

He was led to the chapel end of his crime

They promised him not too much pain

He begged for them to change

But the judge declared he couldn’t be saved

He had no other family

So his legacy would be a space with a number

As sodium cyanide filled the chamber

Don’t let go

Of your balloon

Da da da da da

Da da da da

Da da da da

There were balloons in they sky

When he took his own life

There was love but at school

It was unaccepted

For the one he longed to kiss

He cried tears as the fists beat him down

Led him home to finally end it

And as he lay asleep that night

They told him there’s no

Bigger word than love I can think of

If there was I would say it

Rewind then replay it

For you my only

The note to his mother read

“I’m so sorry ”

Don’t let go

Of your balloon

Da da da da da

Da da da da

Da da da da

Flying it up

Through the trees

Brushing it up against the leaves

Something something seemed to fit

A hundred thousand red balloons he untied

Took off his shoes

And jumped

And jumped

One two three four

Two two three four

Three two three four

Stuff two three

There were balloons in the sky

On the night she survived

As the groups marched through her hometown

They all yelled patriotic

In a confused rhetoric

And they sung for her to go home

But I am just like you

I was born and raised amongst you

So not matter what you put me through

Your love is hate but my love stays true