A City on Fire

[Verse 1] 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 [Pre-Chorus] And we're lost in the night In the smoke and the neon In the heart of a city on fire [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Pre-Chorus] And we're lost in the night In the smoke and the neon And the fire kicks up in the wind [Chorus] 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