Born in a Flash

Mother Mother

Photograph, lookin' down at me
I'm lookin' at the past
Something about my family in high contrast
Something about my infancy in white and black
Something about my memories in a

Photograph
A portrait of the past
Born in a flash

Polaroid
1954 it was a Polaroid
'55 through '56 were all destroyed
Daddy was an anarchist
We can't afford somebody catching wind of this here

Polaroid
A portrait of before
Born in a flash
Born in a flash
A little piece of the past
Born in a flash

Photograph
A portrait of the past
Born in a flash
Born in a flash
Born in a flash
Born in a fla'