This is a song I wrote inspired by the uprising in Iran. Some images are ours, some borrowed. The background loop - "Allah O Akbar" (God is great)- is chanted after dark from the rooftops of Tehran & other Iranian cities...
From The Rooftops
By David Kootnikoff
On the rooftop a bird is building her nest
It’s springtime tonight in this city of unrest
While the bird keeps on working for some future prize
The harder she fails, the harder she tries
When the stars come out people rise from below
And their voices ring out as the dark shadows grow
They cry out for god in the heat of the night
They cry for each other, for comfort and light
From the rooftops you can hear their hearts in their song
Beat back the night until all fear is gone
While the dark pushes in like the blade of a knife
But the wound that it leaves only bleeds life
In the morning the bird rises up with the dawn
To continue her work, to sing out her song
And the people wake up to the beating of wings
To gather together ‘neath the shelter she brings
On the rooftop a bird is building her nest
It’s springtime tonight in this city of unrest
While the bird keeps on working for some future prize
The harder she fails, the harder she tries
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