Angel On Fire - Antony & The Johnsons

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

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 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

Twilight, I fall in the harbor Twilight, I fall in the hills But here in the city that never sleeps I can fall through one's fingers When the swan flies to heaven Soaring through the utmost fear There's a feeling That lingers in the afterwards Will you ever return? Will you ever return? Will you ever return? Twilight Twilight Twilight Twilight, I sit at all tables With my candles and angels besides And I shall wait forever As the day turns to night Swallowed in the shadows that glow Swallowed in the shadows that glow Swallowed in the shadows that glow When I sought out a light And I knew darkness swallowed I beseech, come to me All alone, come to me Twilight

God visits all lost souls To survey the damage We noticed a bonfire Burning in his eyes He whispered, "It's the atrocities of your story Of your story." God visits all lost souls To survey the damage And holding his bleeding heart A tear comes to his eye He whispered, "It's the atrocities of history Of history Of..." The he falls to the floor For there's many more tears on the sunrise And now we must eat those tears Now we must eat our fill Of the Atrocities The Atrocities The Atrocities The Atrocities Ooh (The Atrocities) Ooh (The Atrocities) Ah (The Atrocities) Ah (The Atrocities)

Eyes are falling Lips are falling Hair is falling to the ground Slowly, softly Falling, falling Down in silence to the ground All the world is falling, falling All the blue From me and you Tear drops falling to the ground Tear drops I'm talkin' 'bout your tear drops For instance, oh my mama She's been falling Falling down for quite some time And oh my papa He's been falling Falling down for quite some time Oh, my friends I've watched them falling Falling softly to the ground Like the leaves The leaves are falling Down in silence to the ground Is this the rapture? Is this the rapture? Why don't you tell me? Is this the rapture? Is this the rapture? Our father who art in heaven For the kingdom, the power, the glory, yours Now and forever