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Burn Lyrics by The Temper Trap

Thick As Thieves

2016

[Verse 1]
I don't sleep well
Under your spell
I'm told that people go
But still the night suffers
Your flame smaller
That face I just had to know
Know for sure

[Pre-Chorus]
So what's the point in starting
Something that will crash and end
I could never tell

[Chorus]
You got to burn, burn, burn, baby
Once awhile
You got to burn, burn, burn
Burn just to feel alive

[Verse 2]
They broke your crown
Set loose their hounds
On your tattered bones
Not a sound drew from your lips
As you got your fix
What holy pleasure of the damned
Is this?

[Pre-Chorus]
And our repentant heart's
Breaking on its knees again
We are drowning men

Singing burn, burn, burn, baby
Once awhile
You got to burn, burn, burn
Burn just to feel alive

[Pre-Chorus]
How can we know light without
Walking in the dark
There would be no spark

[Bridge]
Singing burn
There would be no spark
Singing burn
There would be no spark

[Chorus]
You got to burn, burn, burn, baby
Once awhile
You got to burn and burn
Burn just to feel alive

About “Burn” by The Temper Trap

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"Burn" appears on "Thick As Thieves" in 2016.

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