The Keepers

Album: Master Of My Make-Believe (2012)
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  • I walk blind with smoke in my eyes
    It's like we don't know where we been
    That's it, boy, just state your case
    You're just as wrong as you were then
    One tough move throw your hands up
    Say I don't make no rules
    No one even knows I'm here
    Now it's on you to man up
    You say no weight'll hang on what you say

    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning
    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning
    Down, down it burns down
    Our house is burning down

    Ask me why a dream gets you by
    But let it want, turns a dangerous thing
    Watch out for it, it snakes right past
    Then turns around and it sucks you in
    What happens when you get stuck?
    Get to the bottom of the illusion that you're in
    From the roots now it's shook up
    Know that what ails without will do you in

    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning
    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning
    Down, down it burns down
    Our house is burning down

    And not a thing I've done
    Abates my fear
    And not a thing I've done
    Abates my fear
    And still although our hearts can't run
    We are gone
    We are gone
    On the heels of all we have done, know

    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning
    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning down

    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning
    We're the keepers
    While we sleep in America
    Our house is burning down
    Our house is burning
    Down, down it burns down

    Our house is burning
    Down, down it burns down
    Our house is burning
    Down, down it burns down
    Down, down it burns down
    Down, down it burns down
    Down, down it burns down Writer/s: Gregory Kurstin, John Graham Hill, Santi White
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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