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Cleansed By Fire Lyrics
I don't know but I've been told
The streets of hell are paved with gold
Crazy, crazy
You told me that nothing's free
Except my own insanity
Crazy, maybe
Wake me, shake me
Wake me, shake me
You offer me the world and all its wealth
All for myself
You promised me a life eternally
And drink to my health
I may seem only half-glued
But I can see right through you
Burn it up, burn it down
Burn this sucker to the ground
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Going, going, going, gone
There's a party going on
Do you think I don't know who you are
A fallen star
When I feel my soul scream out at night
I know you're not far
You need a better disguise
This one won't win any prize
Burn it up, burn it down
Burn this sucker to the ground
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Going, going, going, gone
There's a party going on
Cleansed by fire, cleansed by fire
I may seem only half-glued
But I can see right through you
What about dark
What about light
What about wrong
What about right
What about death
What about sin
What about the web you're trying to spin
What about truth
What about life
What about glory
What about Christ
What about peace
What about love
What about faith in God above
What about war
What about hell
What if I stumble
What if I fell
What about blood
What about greed
And all of these things you're offering me
Yeah, what about me, little me
You lose and I win
You couldn't suck me in
It's over, you have no power
You're lost
And I'm found
And I'm Heaven bound
Go back to where you belong
To where you fell
Go to hell
The streets of hell are paved with gold
Crazy, crazy
You told me that nothing's free
Except my own insanity
Crazy, maybe
Wake me, shake me
Wake me, shake me
You offer me the world and all its wealth
All for myself
You promised me a life eternally
And drink to my health
I may seem only half-glued
But I can see right through you
Burn this sucker to the ground
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Going, going, going, gone
There's a party going on
A fallen star
When I feel my soul scream out at night
I know you're not far
You need a better disguise
This one won't win any prize
Burn this sucker to the ground
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Going, going, going, gone
There's a party going on
I may seem only half-glued
But I can see right through you
What about light
What about wrong
What about right
What about death
What about sin
What about the web you're trying to spin
What about life
What about glory
What about Christ
What about peace
What about love
What about faith in God above
What about war
What about hell
What if I stumble
What if I fell
What about blood
What about greed
And all of these things you're offering me
You lose and I win
You couldn't suck me in
It's over, you have no power
You're lost
And I'm found
And I'm Heaven bound
Go back to where you belong
To where you fell
Go to hell
This song rocks beyond anything!! It's so damn cool. To me it's all about Angel vs Wolfram & Hart. The lyrics fits in a scary literal way. Listening to this song gets your adrenaline pumping like nothing else. Rock on!!
This is one of the final songs from the concept album, and at this point in the story, the person relaizes that the ring leaders promises are hollow and only an attempt to get his soul...so he is fighting back against the evil.
I've read the comic book that comes along with the album, and parts of this lyric show up when the boy (i don't remember his name) tells Alice C,ooper to go back to hell and he's bravery causes he entire freakshow abandoned theater to burn down, and the good guy finally wins.