Am G#m I look down on the city Gm F#m It's burning, It's burning Fm Fm E Everything's prettier at night Am G#m The flames are all leaping Gm F#m they're eating the buildings Fm Fm EE Orion lets give her a chance Am G#m The stars are all twinkling Gm F#m they're mirroring the dancing Fm Fm E E of the flames as they reach towards the sky Am G#m Gm F#m I'm hoping and I'm praying for a better tomorrow Fm Fm E E atleast one that isn't so bright Am G#m Gm F#m Fm Fm E E x2 Am G#m Gm F#m The fire is growing, engulfing the city Fm Fm E E the flames that are warming my bones Am G#m Gm F#m the light is so bright that the stars are forgotten Fm Fm E E the only god left is the moon Am G#m Gm F#m The people are crying, shouting, screaming they're dying Fm Fm E E those living are left without homes Am G#m Gm F#m but their houses were built on the blood of some mother Fm Fm E E another who is yet unknown Am G#m Gm F#m Fm Fm E E x2 Am G#m Gm F#m And i want to go down there and walk through the city Fm Fm E E heat from my heart in those flames Am G#m Gm F#m I see someone standing, a stranger in shadows Fm Fm E E I greet him, he calls out my name Am G#m Gm F#m I say "Ra we've succeeded, the city is defeated Fm Fm E E we accomplished wherefor we came" Am G#m Gm F#m He says "fool don't you know that's the work of no mortal Fm Fm E E the sun and the stars are to blame" Am Am F F D#m D#m D#m D#m x3 AGGFFFEE AGGFFFEG# Am G#m Gm F#m The fire has burned out, the embers are cooling Fm Fm E E The ash falls, it looks just like snow Am G#m Gm F#m The children who survived and the ghosts of those who didn't Fm Fm E E are playing like there's no tomorrow Am G#M Gm F#m in the center of the city, the old gods are gathered Fm Fm E E to survey their new masterpiece Am G#m Gm F#m they discuss the pros and the cons of destruction Fm Fm E E and welcome the newly deceased Am G#m Gm F#m and orions still laughing, hes holding his sides Fm Fm E E as he rolls on the floor in the sky Am G#m Gm F#m as i realize i'm not an immortal Fm Fm E E the stranger in shadows appears at my side