Album: Swan Songs (2008)
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  • Let's watch it burn
    Let's watch it burn
    Let's watch this city burn the world

    Let's watch this city burn
    From the skylines on top of the world
    'Til there's nothing left in her
    Let's watch this city burn the world

    My body doused in ash with two empty cans of gas
    The only evidence they have is a police sketch of my mask
    And it's hard at times to ask
    If you can save my heart for last
    And it's hard to face the facts
    When the darkness fades to black
    It's not just make-believe when they make me take a seat
    And they put amphetamines in the air and make me breathe
    So, come on and grab your children
    Look out for burning buildings
    And villains who pillage
    They're killin' by the millions
    And billions of people die for a lost cause
    So now I pray to my nation destroyed under God

    It's the end of the world
    All my battles have been won
    But the war has just begun

    Let's watch this city burn
    From the skylines on top of the world
    'Til there's nothing left in her
    Let's watch this city burn the world

    The city looks so pretty
    Do you wanna burn it with me?
    'Til the skies bleed ashes
    And the fucking skyline crashes
    They catch us with matches, ignite the flame
    And all the hopes of a youth deemed fucking insane
    They say, "Take the pill, in God we trust
    Go and kill, God loves us
    As in life, as in death
    Breathing 'til there is no breath"
    I will not die in the night, but in the light of the sun
    With the ashes of this world in my lungs
    But who am I to say?
    Let's all just run away
    Grab your saints and pray
    And we'll burn this world today

    It's the end of the world
    As in heaven, as on Earth
    We've been dead since our birth

    Let's watch this city burn
    From the skylines on top of the world
    'Til there's nothing left in her
    Let's watch this city burn the world

    Let's watch it burn
    Let's watch it burn

    The city looks so pretty
    Do you wanna burn it with me?
    The city looks so pretty
    Do you wanna burn it with me?
    The city looks so pretty
    Do you wanna burn it with me?
    The city looks so pretty
    Do you wanna burn it with me?

    We'll use the trees as torches
    Do you wanna burn it with me?
    We'll flood the streets with corpses
    Do you wanna burn it with me?
    We'll watch the city fucking bleed
    Do you wanna burn it with me?
    And bring the world to its knees
    Do you wanna burn it with me?

    Let's watch this city burn
    From the skylines on top of the world
    'Til there's nothing left in her
    Let's watch this city burn the world
    Let's watch this city burn (let's watch it burn)
    From the skylines on top of the world (let's watch it burn)
    'Til there's nothing left in her (let's watch it burn)
    Let's watch this city burn the world

    Let's watch it burn
    Let's watch it burn
    Let's watch this city burn the world Writer/s: Aron Erlichman, George Arthur Ragan, Jordon Kristopher Terrell
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Dizzy from WiWhat's wrong with it?
  • Daniel from Visalia, Cathis song is badA
  • Kyle from Holland, InThis song is about burning a joint.
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