There was a man and he knew what he wanted He couldn't rest till it finally came Throughout the land all the people were haunted And they were blessed with red ashes and rain
So take a letter to the king of the hill Say the people were dying They're dying still Tell him only that the world's on fire tonight
And I see faces in the window I see the men outside my door There's a candle burning bright in the kitchen tonight As the boys go of to war
This is a time when the fools have the trigger When we were sure they were finally gone They draw the lines set the rules get bigger And you and me are only carried along
Take a letter to the king of the hill Say the people were dying They're dying still Tell him only that the world's on fire tonight
And I see faces in the window I see the men outside my door There's a candle burning bright in the kitchen tonight As the boys go of to war