The Fire I Built

The Fire I Built
Directed by Jontel Toland/ Tyresha Vaughan-Blanding/ Coral Rites
Filmed by Tyresha Vaughn-Blanding
Edited by Jontel Toland
Dancer/Feature: Coral Rites
Location: filmed at Lancaster Farmacy, Millersville, Pa

-Tyresha Vaughn-Blanding is a Lancaster-based streetwear clothing line owner, videographer, photographer, and
spoken word artist.

-Coral Rites is a Lancaster-based spoken word artist, freedom meditation & intradependence guide, and volunteer organizational director of DECA, a local food and nutritional community-based cooperative.

from the album: remember my name.

Lyrics:
Gazing into the fire
Feeling what I have become
Hearing the rain
Knowing my pain
And knowing there's always a rising of the sun

Hearing my inner voice
Innerstanding who I am
Feeling my pain
I'm wise with the gains
I know I am genuine no lame

Closing old doors
Giving up old styles and ways
Ditching who can't keep up
I will no longer accept the bluffs
Time is a concept I refuse to play

Binging on the pain
Feeding off positivity and light
Lighting my path
No need to ask
I cherish my intuition and foresight

Recoup loss, take
Waiting breeds procrastination
Move and don't stop
You fall not flop
The bottom you'll find determination

Demonstrations of debatable changes
Depending who you ask
Perception is everything what tests did you pass
What moments did you let pass
What future what past
Don't focus on your last
When the present is a present
Present your best

Cuz change comes in a lesson
Change comes in a new energy
Change comes in a new fling
Change
Is new meaning

I gaze into the fire I built
Contemplating the moments I changed

Wondering when was the last time I danced in the rain
Picking up pieces of me I long thought I glued back together
Shattered but better cuz I built a fire
This fire
Hues of blue
Yellow
Orange
And it's fuel
It's primitive formatted to the story of human history
Man and fire

This element is incorporated in my chemistry
A signal of my passion
Controller of my sanity
I gaze into this fire
Cause

Move

Cuz this rain washes down on me
Rocking my fashion
So the fire dries my eyes
You see the pain cried many times
And the fire burns all who disguise
The fire speaks when I cannot fight
The fire is the sunset and sunrise

I gaze into the fire to open my heart to the open skies
The night or the daylight
The fire is what I have always been
Not what I have become
Whether hot or cold
Balance never gets old
And truth be told
Too many focus on just one side that's sold

Gazing into a fire I built
Embers of thoughts fleeting like the Renegade white shimmers of wood dust Against my face
Smoke in my eyes
Fleeting thoughts I sometimes despise (Fleeting thoughts I sometimes despise)
I try to relish in all my minds thoughts delights and frights
For I am a human being
And thoughts change hearts and minds

Innerstanding the fire I built
Fire I Built

Move

Intimately brave
Still
But does movement of a thousand whales mean they swim?
Successfully flattered until my heart gets shattered
Bruised by jet fuel cause the politicians sell fruit juice and a mother gets arrested for a miscarriage and this world is on a short
Fuse

I gaze into the fire I built cause I lost so much I have nothing left to lose

To gain is to
Move

To gain is to
Move

I gaze into the fire I built
Contemplating the moments I changed

Circumstantial Saint is a poet and spoken word artist known for his evocative and deeply resonant performances. He weaves together intricate beats with powerful, reflective lyrics that explore themes of social justice, personal introspection, and the human experience. His work not only seeks to entertain but to provoke thought, inspire action, and evoke a wide range of emotions.
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