Burning Alive

from Rōnin by Lost on Purpose

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All around us is the color gray
I close my eyes and I'm just two shades away
I barely hear but at least we know
Others have opinions to swallow their holes

Secret plans as they're typing away
One looks at the other and there's sex on the brain
Sex on the brain

Designing wheels and gears and wires
To fuse to my bones and make use of my insides like
When I fell off the boat at night
Looked down and my arms were reflecting light
Reflecting light

Building machines of steel and steam to keep us alive
Turning the screws the pistons are bruised they're burning alive

It's too morose it's summer
And every drop that hit me put a hole in my brain
Somewhere between Alameda and Santa Fe
Under the streets just two shades away

I've buried things hell I buried you
I stood atop the pile and I had the perfect view of
When all the cities and all the towns
Get swallowed up by a hole in the ground

Hole in the ground
Our cities made of sound
A hole in the ground
Cities made of sound
Ready for adventure there's nothing around
Shields in our hands and our daggers drawn
Ready for adventure there's nothing around
The fields of the frontier
Our cities made of sound

Building machines of steel and steam to keep us alive
Turning the screws the pistons are bruised they're burning alive
Building machines of steel and steam to keep us alive
Turning the screws the pistons are bruised they're burning alive
Alive

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from Rōnin, released July 16, 2013

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