The Arsonist

There's truth beneath the floorboards
There's hope in brick and stone
They tell me just to shut my mouth
Leave well enough alone
But I think maybe all that's needed
Is a match and gasoline
Cause I don't think that any one of them believes that there will be a reckoning

But I will see this city burn

Still good shepherds scattered
They're far between and few
And the sheep's skin that the wolves all wear is so thin I see right through
And I think maybe all that's need
Is some gas and open flame
Cause I don't think that any one of them believes that fire can erase their names

But I will see this city burn
I said I will see this city burn

We will burn it down and build it again
What was buried in flame
Burn it down and build it again from the bricks that remain

I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze

There's truth beneath the floorboards
There's hope in brick and stone
They tell me just to shut my mouth
Leave well enough alone
But I think maybe all that's needed
Is some flint and hardened steel
Cause I don't think that any one of them believes
The revolution's real

We will burn it down and build it again
What was buried in flame
Burn it down and build it again from the bricks that remain

We will burn it down
Build it again what was buried in flame
Burn it down
Build it again from the bricks that remain

I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze

And it will burn
Watch the city burn
It will burn
It will burn
It will burn
It will burn