A City on Fire

Well it looks like the storm has come

But it's the ash in the sky

All the bridges are burning down

All the wells are running dry

In a city built on a tinder box

A spark becomes a flame

And the bridge that we need to cross

It's coming down either way

And we're lost in the night

In the smoke and the neon

In the heart of a city on fire

Flames

Light the sky

Ashes fall like rain

In the firelight

False fronts burn away

Smoke and cinder rise

Redemption in the flame

A city on fire

And in the fire is remade

Above the streets a moon

Like a bucket full of blood

They try to put the lid back on but

This is where it all ends up

The preachers got at least one thing right

We're all sinners somehow

What will all of us sinners do

After the fires go out

And we're lost in the night

In the smoke and the neon

And the fire kicks up in the wind

Flames

Light the sky

Ashes fall like rain

In the firelight

False fronts burn away

Smoke and cinder rise

Redemption in the flame

A city on fire

And in the fire is remade