Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Funeral Pyre, artist - The Jam.
Date of issue: 31.12.1996
Song language: English
Funeral Pyre |
Down in amongst the streets tonight |
Books will burn, people laugh and cry in their turmoil |
(turmoil turns rejoiceful) |
Shed your fears and lose your guilt |
Tonight we burn responsibility in the fire |
We’ll watch the flames grow higher! |
But if you get too burnt, you can’t come back home |
And as I was standing by the edge |
I could see the faces of those led pissing theirselves laughing |
(and the flames grew) |
Their mad eyes buldged their flushed faces said |
The weak get crushed as the strong grow stronger |
We feast on flesh and drink on blood |
Live by fear and dispise love in a crises |
(what with today’s high prices) |
Bring some paper and bring some wood |
Bring what’s left of all your love for the fire |
We’ll watch the flames grow higher! |
But if you get too burnt — you can’t come back home |
And as I was standing by the edge |
I could see the faces of those led pissing theirselves laughing |
(and the flames grew) |
Their mad eyes buldged their flushed faces said |
The weak get crushed as the strong grow stronger |
In the funeral pyre |
We’ll watch the flames grow higher |
But if you get too burnt — you can’t come back home |
(well I feel so old, when I feel so young |
well I just can’t grow up to meet the demands) |