Out of a dream that wasn't clear
Out of a shadowland of fear
I saw the torture in the street
And I felt the fire at my feet
Take me below because I'm strong
A guilty man but right is wrong
Their faces gave me quite a scare
I was surrounded everywhere

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On fire, the world's on fire
On fire, the world's on fire

I couldn't brace before the fall
That's why I'm burning wall to wall
The burning smoke and blacker sky
To stern to move to scared to cry
I've seen enough to last a while
I said let's go but they just smiled
They said please try to understand
You stayed longer than you planned

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Help me escape I must be free
This place is where no man should be
Just when I think this dream will end
I close my eyes and see it all again
I beg for water but I get sand
I bleed but no one understands
My skull is crushing with this pain
My soul is crying out again

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