Roky Erickson

Burn the Flames Lyrics



Here I sit, a vampire at my piano

The flames burn glaringly higher

And the eyes that stare through the darkness

Though they have no form

There's no need for alarm, so burn



So burn, burn the flames

Higher and higher

So burn, burn the flames

Never to expire



Here I sit, a skeleton at my organ

The candles in my candelabra

Burn hellishly, hellish hell

And the laughter unending

Echoes through the haunted house

A little Christmas spirit

Ghostly haunting, deadly spirit

Every creature is stirring

Even the mouse, so burn



Burn the flames

Higher, higher, higher and higher



Here I sit myself at my instruments

Here they sit at their instruments

And the music fills and fills

Terrifies, horrifies, forever scares

Children of the night

What music we make, so burn