Burn It Down

from Strange Waters by Irminsul

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I have given all my best and constant years for you
Pitched and painted all your timbers when the sunlight shined through
Tended all your gardens, dripped my sweat into your soil
And when they died, I did it all again....

Lately I have noticed that despite all my care,
All your eaves are slowly rotting, never showing their repair
It's pretty clear that you have no intent to follow through
Only one thing left to do -

CHORUS

Burn it down
Yeah, burn it down
My smiling face in the fire's glow
Will tell you all you need to know
Only one direction for the ash to go
Burn it down

You are cloaked in pretty paint, but you're ugly outside
Have a hundred empty rooms, but let us shiver outside
You deny my brothers and my sisters something to eat
Even though your table overflows

Pretty words adorn the walls, but droppings fall to the floor
And the sign says "no admittance", nailed to every door
It's time for something new, when I beheld the ghost of you
There's only one thing left to do -

Burn it down
Yeah, burn it down
My smiling face in the fire's glow
Will tell you all you need to know
Only one direction for the ash to go

The flames will climb into the night
What a glorious, wonderful sight
Madame Pele, she had it right...

Burn it down.

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from Strange Waters, released April 18, 2021
Words and Music - Irminsul
Vocals, Piano, Dkgital Percussion - Irminsul

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