Cold Old Fire

[Verse 1] We always sing, even when were losing 'Cause Dublin's drone is hard enough especially when you're down and you're boozing We sing the Oul' Triangle and then the Tommy Ryan 'Cause all the world's a jail and we can't remember why [Chorus] Why we agreed to live and lie in embers of a cold old fire nobody remembers They hand the ashes back to me down the button factory, we're cattle at the stall [Verse 2] We look for signs that Dublin's heart's still beating That concrete and glass and peelers and mass, they haven’t stopped the people from screaming Being trapped by all the cameras you're inclined to stay at home And forget some songs were written to remind you you weren’t born [Chorus] Born to live and lie and die in embers of a cold old fire nobody remembers They hand the ashes back to me down the button factory, we're cattle at the stall [Verse 3] We see the cracks under the foundation Smouldering on the faces of the people on the drip of isolation We hear the sounds come streaming across the crackling air The broken words of swine who would tell us that we were [Chorus] Born to live and lie and die in embers of a cold old fire nobody remembers They hand the ashes back to me down the button factory, were cattle at the stall And when did we agree to live and lie and die in embers of a cold old fire nobody remembers? They hand the ashes back to me down the button factory, we're cattle at the stall [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Ah when did we agree to live and lie and die in embers of a cold old fire nobody remembers? They hand the ashes back to me down the button factory, we're cattle at the stall Ah when did we agree to live and lie and die in embers of a cold old fire nobody remembers? They hand the ashes back to me down the button factory, we're cattle at the stall