Lyrics The Flicker and the Flame - Banquets

The Flicker and the Flame

Slow, stale, breaths of air
Pace the floor from the couch to the stairs
I felt the world ripped from limb and it all went grey
Oh, I hear the sound from the sprawl
Another loss after spending all, we were numb, in pieces, missing more each day
We scrub the deepest stains
We scrub the saddest stains
You will radiate
The open field, to the city block
A final breath, a final thought
Became the sounder of thunder
I heard the sound of thunder
Give the weather a sign that you’re still here
Cloud the sky, put a chill in the air
Say you’re starting over
Strike the ground again, to show you’re still here
Strike the ground again, they were your years
The strike the ground again, with the flicker and the flame
You lived, you lived like lightning
Gave the kids with the best of something
There’s a piece of you in my head
I know you lived, you lived like lightning
The flicker and the flame
Some smoke, but the burn remains
It’s tragic ways we leave this tragic place
I write your name up on my wall and tried the words that never came
It’s tragic ways
You lived, you lived like lightning
Gave the kids with the best of something
There’s a piece of you in my head
I know you lived, you lived like lightning
The flicker and the flame
Some smoke, but the burn remains