Burning in the Skies

Album: A Thousand Suns (2010)
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  • I used the dead wood to make the fire rise
    The blood of innocence burning in the skies
    I filled my cup with the rising of the sea
    And poured it out in an ocean of debris

    Oh, I'm swimming in the smoke
    Of bridges I have burned
    So don't apologize
    I'm losing what I don't deserve
    What I don't deserve

    We held our breathe when the clouds began to form
    But you were lost in the beating of the storm
    And in the end, we were made to be apart
    In separate chambers of the human heart

    Oh, I'm swimming in the smoke
    Of bridges I have burned
    So don't apologize
    I'm losing what I don't deserve
    It's in the blackened bones
    Of bridges I have burned
    So don't apologize
    I'm losing what I don't deserve
    What I don't deserve

    I'm swimming in the smoke
    Of bridges I have burned
    So don't apologize
    I'm losing what I don't deserve
    The blame is mine alone
    For bridges I have burned
    So don't apologize
    I'm losing what I don't deserve
    What I don't deserve
    What I don't deserve, oh-whoa
    What I don't deserve

    I used the dead wood to make the fire rise
    The blood of innocence burning in the skies Writer/s: Brad Delson, Chester Charles Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Robert G. Bourdon
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Zero from Nowhere, NjI could probably see a political theme with this song as well. With the theme of war and desctruction that go with this album. Burning bridges with other countries, one country attacks another and the provoked country strikes back and it's the innocent that suffer (the blood of innocence burning in the skies). Or it could also be taken as a conflict between two people. To each his own.
  • Shadow from Depression, VaVery pretty :D
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