Cities

Song Cities
Artist Blackbird Raum
Album Purse-Seine

Lyrics

I look down on the city
It's burning, It's burning
Everything's prettier at night
The flames are all leaping
they're eating the buildings
Orion laughs guerre à outrance
The stars are all twinkling
they're mirroring the dancing
of the flames as they reach towards the sky
I'm hoping and I'm praying for a better tomorrow
at least one that isn't so bright
The fire is growing, engulfing the city
the flames are warming my bones
the light is so bright that the stars are forgotten
the only god left is the moon
The people are crying, shouting, screaming they're dying
those living are left without homes
but their houses were built on the blood of some mother
another who is yet unknown
And I want to go down there and walk through the city
heat from my heart in those flames
I see someone standing, a stranger in shadows
I greet him, he calls out my name
I say "Ra we've succeeded, the city is defeated
we accomplished wherefor we came"
He says "Fool, don't you know that's the work of no mortal
the sun and the stars are to blame"
The fire has burned out, the embers are cooling
The ash falls, it looks just like snow
The children who survived and the ghosts of those who didn't
are playing like there's no tomorrow
In the center of the city, the old gods are gathered
to survey their new masterpiece
they discuss the pros and the cons of destruction
and welcome the newly deceased
and Orion's still laughing, he's holding his sides
as he rolls on the floor in the sky
as I realize that I'm not an immortal
the stranger in shadows appears at my side.

Pinyin

I look down on the city
It' s burning, It' s burning
Everything' s prettier at night
The flames are all leaping
they' re eating the buildings
Orion laughs guerre à outrance
The stars are all twinkling
they' re mirroring the dancing
of the flames as they reach towards the sky
I' m hoping and I' m praying for a better tomorrow
at least one that isn' t so bright
The fire is growing, engulfing the city
the flames are warming my bones
the light is so bright that the stars are forgotten
the only god left is the moon
The people are crying, shouting, screaming they' re dying
those living are left without homes
but their houses were built on the blood of some mother
another who is yet unknown
And I want to go down there and walk through the city
heat from my heart in those flames
I see someone standing, a stranger in shadows
I greet him, he calls out my name
I say " Ra we' ve succeeded, the city is defeated
we accomplished wherefor we came"
He says " Fool, don' t you know that' s the work of no mortal
the sun and the stars are to blame"
The fire has burned out, the embers are cooling
The ash falls, it looks just like snow
The children who survived and the ghosts of those who didn' t
are playing like there' s no tomorrow
In the center of the city, the old gods are gathered
to survey their new masterpiece
they discuss the pros and the cons of destruction
and welcome the newly deceased
and Orion' s still laughing, he' s holding his sides
as he rolls on the floor in the sky
as I realize that I' m not an immortal
the stranger in shadows appears at my side.