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Artist: Thrice
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The Arsonist
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The Arsonist
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There is truth beneath the floorboards
There is hope in brick and stone
They tell me just to shut my mouth
Leave well enough alone
But I think maybe all that's needed
Is a match and gasoline
Cause I don't think that any one of them believes that there will be a reckoning
But I will see this city burn
Still good shepherds scattered
They're far between and few
And the sheep's skin that the wolves all wear is so thin I see right through
And I think maybe all that's need
Is some gas and open flame
Cause I don't think that any one of them believes that fire can erase their names
But I will see this city burn
I said I will see this city burn
We will burn it down and build it again
What was buried in flame
Burn it down and build it again from the bricks that remain
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
There is truth beneath the floorboards
There is hope in brick and stone
They tell me just to shut my mouth
Leave well enough alone
But I think maybe all that's needed
Is some flint and hardened steel
Cause I don't think that any one of them believes that the revolution's real
We will burn it down and build it again
What was buried in flame
Burn it down and build it again from the bricks that remain
We will burn it down
Build it again what was buried in flame
Burn it down
Build it again from the bricks that remain
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city, but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city, enough that I'll set it ablaze
And it will burn
Watch the city burn
It will burn
It will burn
It will burn
It will burn
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