City of Kerosene

There's a place on the face of the earth that you have to see Where the rain tastes metal and the gutters seethe with vile steam Where the men turn to swine and the shrines sing praise to cursed kings Where the truth is lies and the day is night and the violence sings Darling, would you come with me to the city of kerosene? A cloud of black And a siren And the clock strikes three The city's breathing Like a steam train It howls in its sleep The air is sticky And it's dirty And it's humid with heat And every night I dream of the flames And I smell the gasoline You ain't seen What I seen When I close my eyes The city's like kerosene Where there's fire It's volatile Where there's you It's you and me And we're dying to light it up In the city of kerosene no soul makes it out clean Hope is rationed, fear is free in the city of kerosene Come a little closer baby I want to see you burn Our souls are already tainted We're too far gone to learn If it's the end we're facing There's no need to pretend I know this can't be heaven But dear God is this hell? When the devil sits beside me And I can't see the light The embers are growing brighter As they melt into my hide In the city of kerosene Watch the flames consume everything In the city of kerosene Your lives don't mean a thing In the city of kerosene In the city of kerosene