Angel of Fire (Demo) - Temple of the Dog

Everything is tragic It all just falls apart But when I look into your eyes It pieces up my heart If I only had an answer To put it all to bed I wish sometimes I could take back Every word I've said I walk back in the night alone Got caught up in my song Forgot where I was sleeping None of the lights were on I heard my mother thinking me Right back into my birth I laughed so loud inside myself It all began to hurt So I turned on a picture show I disappeared the lines As memories came flooding in The tears blew up my eyes I see an elevator A moment I am above I look for you or someone Who can still remind me of The tight grip and the sun lick And the calm way of all things summer When it's all here and it's all new And you're not hungover Fierce and light and young Fierce and light and young When you don't know that you're wrong Or just how wrong you are My feet are always heavy As I inch toward the door I thought we'd leave us for ourselves A hundred times before But I guess we're always leaving Even when we look the same And it eases me somehow to know That even this will change If you've still got some light in you Then go before it's gone Burn your fire for no witness It's the only way it's done Fierce and light and young Fierce and light and young Hit the ground and run Hit the ground and run

I woke up to another mess in the living room Broken bottles all around my feet They came again in the night under crescent moon Didn't wake me in my sleep 'Cause they talk and drink and laugh 'bout things And fall in love in my backyard I hide and cower in the corner, conversations getting hard 'Cause nobody seems to ask about me anymore And nobody seems to care about anything I think And nobody seems to recognize me in the crowd In the background, screaming, "Everybody, look at me" And I'm fading away, you know I used to be on fire And I'm fading away, you know I used to be on fire I'm standing in the ashes of who I used to be And I'm fading away, you know I used to be on fire You know I used to be on fire You know I used to be on fire, fire I used to be a darling starlet, like a centerpiece Had the whole world wrapped around my ring I flew too closely to the sun that's setting in the East And now I'm melting from my wings 'Cause I'd laugh and drink and talk about things And fall in love in my backyard Now it's my own anxiety that makes the conversation hard 'Cause nobody seems to ask about me anymore And nobody ever cares about anything I think And nobody seems to recognize me in the crowd In the background, screaming, "Everybody, look at me" And I'm fading away, you know I used to be on fire And I'm fading away, you know I used to be on fire I'm standing in the ashes of who I used to be But I'm fading away, you know I used to be on fire You know I used to be on fire You know I used to be on fire Well I used to be on fire You know I used to be on fire You know I used to be on fire You know I used to be on fire, fire

I never knew the dusk could seem so sad, An empty aching in my soul. In this bright hour I speak your name in the wind, The shining world outlasts us all. Even the mountains seem to know you're gone, The foothills shimmer where they stand. The sky is still and much too beautiful, And I am missing you again. Lift me over the San Gabriels, leaning into the southern sky. The foothills burning in the afterglow, an angel fire passing by. I think of songs I might have sung to you, The love I wanted you to hear. Everytime the blazing sun goes down, Another promise disappears. I never knew the dusk could break my heart, So much longing folding in, I'd give years away to have you here, To know I can't lose you again. Lift me over the San Gabriels, leaning into the southern sky. A flight of angels must be in the wind, I know they'll pass this way tonight. Help me remember the San Gabriels, the foothills burning in the light. Let my heart rise up to where you are, I long to be with you tonight. I long to be with you tonight, I long to be with you tonight

You're rising up Above my head Why don't you come down? Why don't you come down? You're rising up Above my head Why don't you come down? Why don't you come down for me? Please hesitate You got no time to wait Don't let me slip away Don't Lose sight of me now I wanna get it straight Never ending Take a Moment out your day Talk to me now I can't imagine not Loving you I'm not desperate, no I'm just telling the truth ( The truth) I can't imagine not Loving you I'm not Desperate, no I'm just telling the truth ( The truth) You're rising up Above my head Why don't you come down? Why don't you come down? You're rising up Above my head Why don't you come down? Why don't you come down for me? Please hesitate Is this just my fate? I'm slipping away Don't lose track of me now Do I Just replay My memories today or Can I have a break? Can I see your face? I can't imagine not Loving you I'm not Desperate, no I'm just telling the truth ( The truth) I can't imagine not Loving you I'm not Desperate, no I'm just telling the truth ( The truth) You're rising up Above my head Why don't you come down? Why don't you come down? You're rising up Above my head Why don't you come down? Why don't you come down for me?

When I wake up in the morning I see a slug staring down He gives me one look And sets me the crown I'm the King of the Slugs now I'm the King of the Slugs now I'm the King of the Slugs now I'm the King of the Slugs bitch Watch me wah wah Wah wah wah wah Wah wah wah wah Wah wah wah Wah wah wah wah Wag wah wah wah Wah wah wah wah Wah wah wah I get my clothes from the washing machine I see a slug staring down He gives me one look And sets me the crown I'm the King of the Slugs now I'm the King of the Slugs now I'm the King of the Slugs now I'm the King of the Slugs bitch Well hey there little ditzy boy Why don't you play a song for me Well I slide I slide into the night Covered in vaseline I said hey there little ditzy boy Why don't you play a song for me Well I slide I slide into the night Covered in vaseline The wall, the wall, the wall, the wall The wall the wall, the wall, the wall The wall, the wall, the wall, the wall The wall, the wall the wall Going up the wall, the wall, the wall, the wall The wall, the wall, the wall, the wall The wall the wall, the wall, the wall I said hey there little ditzy boy Why don't you play a song for me Well I slide I slide into the night Covered in vaseline I said hey there little ditzy boy Why don't you play a song for me Well I slide I slide into the night Covered in vaseline baby