Dust Settles lyrics

You ask me what I see beyond the fence line Where the grass turned grey last spring I tell you nothing grows there anymore The air tastes like metal on my tongue Do you remember when we used to walk Through those fields before they built the plant Now the birds don't come back And the river runs a different color The dust settles (Oh, it settles down) On everything we used to love The dust settles (La, la, la) And there's no washing it away You're packing up your things again But I can't bring myself to leave This place that poisoned us slowly While we slept and dreamed of better days The children from the eastern district They don't play outside much now Their mothers keep the windows closed Even when the heat becomes unbearable The dust settles (Oh, it settles down) On everything we used to love The dust settles (La, la, la) And there's no washing it away I watch you fold your clothes into boxes Your hands shake like autumn leaves We both know what the doctor said About the test results from last week The evacuation notice came this morning But some of us are staying put What's the point of running now When it's already inside our bones You tell me there's still time to start over In some city far from here But I can feel it in my chest This slow burning that won't quit The dust settles (Oh, it settles down) On everything we used to love The dust settles (La, la, la) On you and me The dust settles (It settles down) And there's no washing it away (No washing it away)