Burn it all, burn it down
Burn the old cathedrals down
Altars to the old gods
Used as pyres for the fire
They’ll keep us warm and give us light,
For just one night
Learn to fall and you are found
Stand your ground and be cut down
In the storms in the earthquakes still to come
We can not lose for we are lost
Amongst the flames and burning buildings
We toss and we turn like ashes
Amongst the flames and burning buildings
We are the ones who learnt to live in fire
All our lives, breathing smoke, bleeding light
Burn it all to the bone, build a new world
In fire, all our lives, breathing smoke, bleeding light
Burn it all to the bone.
Amongst the flames and burning buildings
We are the ones who learnt to live in fire
Take my hand, we will stand
Barefoot on the broken ground
We will dance, we will dance amongst the ruins
Face to face, skin to skin
We look like demons to them
Who look like statues to us
Too big to fail too big a burden
The more you fight the more the damage done
Amongst the flames and burning buildings
We are the ones who learnt to live in fire
All our lives, breathing smoke, bleeding light
Burn it all to the bone, build a new world
In fire, all our lives, breathing smoke, bleeding light
Burn us all to the bone.
Amongst the flames and burning buildings
We are the ones who learnt to live in fire
credits
from The Lost Cat Podcast,
released November 15, 2019
Written, Performed & Produced by: A P Clarke
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