Climbed to the roof so I could be high

Saw a lifetime passing me by

There was warm smoke on the vista

Thick clouds at the farthest reach of sky

And I smiled to myself while I waited to die

Suns painted fields gold

We've never been so bold before

Wrap up the day so it won't spoil

And though we didn't know what for

Put red bricks through the windows and kicked down the doors

With smoke and fire, celebrated life upturned

For no better reason than to see the burning world

I speak with the confidence of man who's yet to learn of loss

I move with the purpose of a river only a fool would cross

I'm tender and gentle, but only by so much as he'll allow

Think of me not with admiration or respect, for I have seen it all now

The falling rain (I've seen it all now)

The burning plane (I've seen it all now)

The maddening crowd (I've seen it all now)

The stubborn and proud (I've seen it all now)

The disgraced prince (I've seen it all now)

The unconvinced (I've seen it all now)

The boy who lied (I've seen it all now)

The rising tide (I've seen it all now)

Suns painted fields gold

We've never been so bold before

Wrap up the day so it won't spoil

And though we never knew what for

Put red bricks through the windows and kicked down the doors

With smoke and fire, celebrated life upturned

For no better reason than to watch the burning world

And though we never knew what for

Put red bricks through the windows and kicked down the doors

With smoke and fire, celebrated life upturned

For no better reason than to watch the burning world