Burning Blood ft. The Black Lodge Girls Lyrics

Jumping down these stairs

The ground is growing up

I’m getting close to hell now

Red carpets burning blood

The fever keeps me going

Keeps me turning from my friends

And I know right at the bottom

That is where the party ends

I tried another holiday

Thought I’d see a different sun

Thought something might well happen

Thought I’d get to meet someone

So I dragged my body over

To the place where lovers meet

I saw the people paying

Not much love was on the street

But I ate my disco biscuits

And I drank my morning gin

Got up late to watch the dancing

Saw the barmen coming in

I always drink my cocktails slowly

And I suck the lemon skin

Lost on a pleasure island

And I can’t recall the name

Something about the pirates

That had come across from Spain

I walked the cocaine beaches

As the sun beat down too hot

Where an old man sold me oranges

And a rich man bought a yacht

Shadows from the fruit trees

Grew longer as I went

Started having memories

Of where I was before

Jumping down those stairs

The floorboards growing up

I’m getting close to hell now

Red carpets burning blood