Say goodbye to gravity. . .
Say goodbye to sanity. . .

There is hope. . .
(A ray of hope)
Down to the wire. . .
Gone, gone. . .
Hand me a match. . .

This is a story about fire

One by one
We sacrificed our pawns
For our queen
To play her way
Rooks and knights
Built a solid wall
For her protection

One by one
We couldn't go on
To keep the balance
between Madness and affection
Our queen enchanted everyone
Fate in play
One night
Our queen just walked away

And every time we managed to calm down again
You returned with more poison
And every time we managed to navigate a while
You filled our souls with more outrage

(Torch)
When the sirens broke down
We were still here
(Torch)
Igniting more fires
To burn down every
Responsibility

(Torch)
When the towers collapsed
You whispered my name
Princess of fire
Desire
I do remember you. . .

Darkness comes
At nightfall
This place is quiet and abandoned
Smoke and ember
Attest to what we had
Now jagged wasteland

One by one
We sacrificed our pawns
To please our queen
Fulfill her desire
Our walls have fallen
Treasures stolen
Our queen is long long gone
And I dream of fire

And every time we managed to calm down again
You returned with more poison
And every time we managed to navigate a while
You filled our souls with more outrage

(Torch)
When the sirens broke down
We were still here
(Torch)
Igniting more fires
To burn down every
Responsibility

(Torch)
When the towers collapsed
You whispered my name
Princess of fire
Desire
I do remember you. . .

When the sirens broke down
We were still here
(Torch)
Igniting more fires
To burn down every
Responsibility

(Torch)
When the towers collapsed
You whispered my name
Princess of fire
Desire
I do remember
I do recall. . .


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