flames

tonight the world’s sleeping
with one eye open
and the next day nothing changes
once dawn has broken

waking in knee deep black water
or white sand rising
no sign of food or mercy
or compromising

one foot in the future
one foot in the fire
are you gonna teach me somethin’
are you gonna take me higher

one vote for the madman
one vote for the sane
are we movin up the ladder
or are we goin down in flames

ignorance and hatred
they’re spreadin like a cancer
we’re looking skyward, not into ourselves
for all the answers

in the end we lay it all to waste
what you can’t take with you
and this carcass that we leave behind
just can’t continue

one foot in the future
one foot in the fire
are you gonna teach me somethin’
are you gonna take me higher

one vote for the madman
one vote for the sane
are we movin up the ladder
or are we goin up in flames

flames, lickin at my bootheels
did we wait too late
flames, lickin at my bootheels
did we wait too, wait too, wait too late
i wanna believe it

flames, lickin at my bootheels
did we wait too late
flames, lickin at my bootheels
did we wait too, wait too, wait too late