Slow Burn

Here shall we live

In this terrible town

Where the price for our eyes

Shall squeeze them tight like a fist

And the walls shall have eyes

And the doors shall have ears

But we'll dance in the dark

And they'll play with our lives

Like a slow burn

Leading us on and on (On and on, on and on)

Like a slow burn

Turning us round, and round, and round (Round and round, round and round)

But who are we?

So small in times such as these

Slow burn

Slow burn

These are the days

These are the strangest of all

These are the nights

These are the darkest to fall

But who knows?

Echoes in tenement halls

Who knows?

Though the years snare them all

Like a slow burn

Leading us on, and on, and on (On and on, on and on)

Like a slow burn

Turning us round, and round, and upside down (Round and round, round and round)

There's fear overhead

There's fear all around

Slow burn

Slow burn

Like a slow burn

Leading us on, and on, and on (On and on, on and on)

Like a slow burn

Turning us round, and round, and round (Round and round, round and round)

And here are we

At the centre of it all

Slow burn

Slow burn

Slow burn