A Sickness and a Fire

We sit here this heated night
Seeing how this thing unfolds
This could get as real as life
Basically, this is our life
The air is getting hard to breathe
The earth around is burning down
This system won't release its grip
The signs are saying put it down

I'm running out of reasons why
I've been dreaming less and less

Looking at it from afar
This thing is a spectacle
Cameras don't include the sound
The scream is barely audible

Maybe this place is unreal
Not our natural habitat

I gotta jam it in the signals eye
Crack the city sign
Spray paint on the walls
Caused pain inside their minds
(They say) the freaks come out at night and some things are never right

Whitewash media coverage
Keeps it out of sight
It's a perilous flight
When the sticks come out at night
The burning in your eyes
Something isn't right
There's a sickness and a fire
Somethings really wrong
It's a terrible terrible time
The world is closing off
There's a sickness and a fire
Will we turn the tide
Before we go away
It's not an innocent question