Torch Song

Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks to burn a little brighter now

Something about Roman candles fizzing out, shine a little light on me now

Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation, alcohol can thrill me now

It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame

Burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now, yeah

Doctor says my liver looks like leaving with my lover

Need another 'time out' now

Like any sort of hero turning down to zero

Standing out in any crowd

Pulling seventeen with experience and dreams

Sweating out a happy hour

When you're hiding 29, you know it ain't a crime

To burn a little brighter now

Burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now

Burn a little brighter now

"And my advice is if you maintain this lifestyle, you won't reach 30"

"Christ, it's a sort of romantic way to go really"

"It's part of the heritage"

"It's your round i'n'it?"

We burn a little brighter now, yeah

Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks to burn a little brighter now

It was something about Roman candles fizzing out

Shine a little light on me now

Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation, alcohol thrill me now

Getting late in the game to show any pride or shame

Burn a little brighter now

We burn a little brighter now, yeah

Burn a little brighter now

We burn a little brighter now