David J. Ferguson - Burn It Down (Babylon Town) Lyrics

I'm so tired
I'm so tired of squinting past these gaudy lights
I'm so sick
I'm so sick and tired of seeing all these sights

I feel a throbbing in my head - living here I'm better dead
And my heart begins to pound - the city starts to spin around
I can't remember what I said - everything I see turns red
I'm swamped by sin, can't keep it in - I want to shout and scream

Just burn it down
Burn the whole town
Tear it down to the ground
Don't leave one brick standing
Burn it down

I can't stand
I can't stand the way no-one meets my eyes
I can't run
I can't run away fast enough from their lies

Palaces on every side - gold and diamonds for the bride
Join in dancing as her bands - play their songs with bloody hands
But don't film her in the street - we might see her muddy feet
A "proper" edit shows you more - brings her assets to the fore

I don't think
I don't think she understands her ugliness
I can't see
I can't see how she could fail to even guess

Don't enquire into her past - how could she be queen at last?
So civilised, the truth revised - so glamorous and sanitised
Standing brazen, unashamed - though her vices have been named
Inviting all to turn the trick - but she only makes me sick