Roky Erickson
Burn the Flames
[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus 1]
So burn, so burn
Burn the flame higher and higher
So burn, burn the flame
Never to expire

[Verse 2]
Here I sit
A skeleton at my organ
The candles in my candelabra
Burning hellishly, hellish hell
And the laughter unending echoes
Through the hauntеd house
A little Christmas spirit
Ghostly haunting deadly spirit
Evеry creature is stirring
Even the mouse
[Chorus 2]
So burn, so burn
Burn the flames higher, higher, higher, and higher
So burn, burn the flames
Never to expire

[Verse 3]
Here I sit myself at my instruments
Here they sit at their instruments
And the music fills and fills
Terrifies, horrifies, forever scares
The children of the night
What music we make

[Chorus 3]
So burn, so burn
Burn the flame higher and higher
So burn, burn the flames
Never to expire