im going to heaven with or without you (the forest fire)
On the day Chicago locked its doors for good Our headless chickens pushed and pecked along their Southbound route To cluck the atrocity, their beaks are posturing At and old vampire; the forest fire Any day our windy city's gonna blow it out for you
I'll keep a horseshoe on my step, I'll keep a cross around my neck While draping garlic above our bed All good luck, amulets and aids will dab your forehead, keep you safe From the forest fire rage Our fine crystal will cling, we'll drink to anything If it keeps the highways moving, keeps commuting smooth for you I'm drawing a bloodbath with or without you
On the day the fire nibbled your neighborhood We guard our brimstone as if it was gravestone While the blaze was blown loose, our cottage knees shaking The flames were giggling with the embers beaming, its chest its beating That little house we made gets gobbled up by flames
I'll mash my foot down on the gas of any black cat that cross my path Than to risk it and lay it in my lap We keep our umbrellas down here, we toss the salt behind our ears The good looks weren't worth the seven years With tightly coiled springs that snap for anything We're gonna keep a lighter to it, even while it burns for you I'm going to heaven with or without you
I'll keep a horseshoe on my step, I'll keep a cross around my neck Draping garlic above our bed All ladder legs we walk around, no burning flags will touch the ground The same one that our cracks we found, and I swear to God... I'll bury a bible in these halls, I'll bury a black cat between the walls Good luck, Godspeed, God damn you all God damn you all