Cities

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