1st VERSE:
When the wind picked up
the fire spread and the grapevines seemed left for dead.
And the northern sky looked like the end of days,
the end of days.
A wake up call to a rancid room
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom.
To warn us it's only a matter of time.
CHORUS:
Before we all burn
Before we all burn
Before we all burn
Before we all burn
2nd VERSE:
We bought some wine and some paper cups
near your daughter's school when we picked her up
and drove to a cemetery on a hill
on a hill.
And we watched the plumes paint the sky grey
and she laughed and danced through the field of graves
And there I knew it would be alright
that everything
CHORUS:
Would be alright
Would be alright
Would be alright
Would be alright
BRIDGE:
And the news reports on the radio
said it was getting worse
As the ocean air found the flames
But I couldn't think of anywhere I would have rather been
To watch it all burn away
To burn away.
OUTRO:
The firemen worked in double shifts,
with prayers for rain on their lips
And they knew it was only a matter of time.