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City Is Burning

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Society reflects tonight
An ugly mirror showing an animal instinct
A twisted way to wrong a right
How many dead before the sun comes arising
Lock your doors
And close your eyes
Sit back and watch TV
While the problem grows outside
Lock your doors
And shut off your minds
While you are safe inside
The city is burning tonight
Blinding lights burn in the sky
A mass of shadows
Darkness usually hides
Animals out of their cage (who will)
Burn their own environment
Without any shame
So your guess is as good as mine
Will any good come out of this
We'll know in time
Until that time lets not regress (let's learn)
Our lesson before there's another uprising

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x_melancholy_x On Apr 15, 2002

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2002-04-15 23:41:22

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by Iberian85

23y ago

When I hear this song and listen to the lyrics, I picture the 1992 LA riots. (LA guy, here)

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by urbanninja4

24y ago

Awesome fucking song. Really shows how fucked up our society is while at the same time is the best.

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by epicmikenomore

16y ago

Life in America is good, but also at the same time, it's fucking crazy

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