Old Dog the Alchemist - Burn Victim

I'm a burn victim, my entire skin a scar
My eyes are coals gone gray, my heart is pumping tar
Ashes been scattered, my cinders swept away
But the smell of smoke and the hint of heat are here to stay
I'm a burn victim, shifting like the smoke
Picking up the pieces when my final fever broke
I'll make you squint your eyes, I'll make you cough and choke
I'll teach regret for all the burning epithets you spoke
I'm a burn victim, I'm crispy cracked and dry
My tear machine is pumping but I'm too dried out to cry
My lips are charred and black I leave a lip print on your skin
A brand that won't abandon you through thick or through thin
I'm a burn victim and I'm flickering like the flames
I'm wavering between my purpose and my foolish games
The wind can blow me east or west, it matters not to me
As long as I am glowing, showing how I'm living free
I'm up in flames and climbing higher
On a tightrope to tomorrow on tendrils of fire
Weep if you must but I'll turn tears to steam
Drift away like smoke, no more solid than a dream
And if you need some space to stretch, need some open room
Need a little light to burn away the daily gloom
If it's only doubt between you and your desire
Kill it, crush it hide it, hush it
Burn it with fire
I'm a burn victim, walking towards the light
Tendons tied like fuses. Bones of dynamite
My fingers are the kindling cracked and crumbled in the dirt
Set to get the fire so hot the flames won't even hurt
I'm a burn victim, I'm walking on the embers
I'm burning till I'm burned away, 'til only ash remembers
I'm making glaciers boil, I'm making penguins sweat
I'm set to melt the polar caps and turn the whole world wet
I'm a burn victim, I'm molten lava flowing
I'm an angry old volcano, the pressure in me growing
And I'm about to blow my top, about to black the skies
About to show how solid rock can dance before it dies
I'm a burn victim and I'm jealous of the sun
Despite my meager light I'd like to be the only one
But I'm covered up in clouds of smoke, my glow a dirty haze
I'm not a blinding light, but still you'd best avert your gaze
I'm up in flames and climbing higher
On a tightrope to tomorrow on tendrils of fire
Weep if you must but I'll turn tears to steam
Drift away like smoke, no more solid than a dream
And if you need some space to stretch, need some open room
Need a little light to burn away the daily gloom
If it's only doubt between you and your desire
Kill it, crush it hide it, hush it
Burn it with fire
I'm a burn victim, a bellows for my lungs
To spread a message spoke the same in a thousand different tongues
That a fire set with every step will turn all colors black
And a fire knows no mercy. It only knows attack
I'm a burn victim and my eyelids fan the flames
I'm cheering on the arsonists and shouting out their names
Cause the world would spin so beautiful with a million sparkling lights
The glowing earth From outer space a week of disco nights
I'm a burn victim, I'm bandaged head to toe
I'd like to leave my sick bed but I've got nowhere to go
Because the fire of my soul has been running low on fuel
And the world is not inclined to share, too icey cold, too cruel
I'm a burn victim and I'm scared of burning out
I burned too bright and now I'm left with coals of crumbling doubt
Cause I'm building back my life, but I'm not building to last
I'm building for a blaze, fucking burning hot and fast
I'm up in flames and climbing higher
On a tightrope to tomorrow on tendrils of fire
Weep if you must but I'll turn tears to steam
Drift away like smoke, no more solid than a dream
And if you need some space to stretch, need some open room
Need a little light to burn away the daily gloom
If it's only doubt between you and your desire
Kill it, crush it hide it, hush it
Burn it with fire
I'm up in flames and climbing higher
On a tightrope to tomorrow on tendrils of fire
Weep if you must but I'll turn tears to steam
Drift away like smoke, no more solid than a dream
And if you need some space to stretch, need some open room
Need a little light to burn away the daily gloom
If it's only doubt between you and your desire
Kill it, crush it hide it, hush it
Burn it with fire

Written by:
Jason Lind

Publisher:
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid

Lyrics powered by Lyric Find