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1. |
Ride or Die
02:43
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Crazy messed up kids
Young and wild and in love
Sending signal flares
Falling sparks from above
I can feel my heartbeat pounding out
We're fucking riding all night
Gonna smash all the lights
We'll get lost in the haze and the stars and the sky
In a late night drive at quarter past midnight
As the air hits my lungs and I feel so alive
I can feel the shock from the lightning
I can feel the friction from you starting up
I can feel the love in your eyes
My ride or die, two burning hearts tonight
Lighting fires in the dark
Get repaired, fall apart
Take a shot at the bar
Hit the jukebox hard
Stumble back towards the wall
Silhouettes in the hall
As my nerves explode and my brain overloads
Drifting in slow motion...
I can feel the shock from the lightning
I can feel the friction from you starting up
I can feel the lust in your eyes
My ride or die, my suicide
I can feel the moon pull me closer
I can sense the addiction starting up
I can feel the dream winding down
A race through time
I lost my mind again
You're a criminal stealing my heart
Born cynical, fucked up from the start
And the power lines they sway and they spark
Until they all fall down and lie alone in the dark
I can feel the shock from the lightning
I can feel the friction from you starting up
I can feel the fire in your eyes
My ride or die, two burning hearts
I can feel the shock from the lightning
I can feel the friction from you starting up
I can see the desire in your eyes
My ride or die, getting lost with you tonight
I'm lost with you tonight
I'm lost with you tonight
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Caffeine & Graffiti
02:58
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Caffeine and graffiti
Sex and drugs
Dancing in the city lights
Light another fire
Watch it burn
Please just stay with me tonight
Spinning in the lights, getting lost in the glare
Breathing in the smoke and the midnight air
Saw you standing there at the corner bar
In your black stilettos with your eyes like stars
Caffeine and graffiti
Sex and drugs
Dancing in the city lights
Light another fire
Watch it burn
Please just stay with me tonight
Pink and black graffiti on a back alley wall
Writing our initials in a bathroom stall
Kiss me in the stairwell in your leather jacket
Take me to your bedroom and let's make some racket
Caffeine and graffiti
Sex and drugs
Dancing in the city lights
Light another fire
Watch it burn
Please just stay with me tonight
Lost in an endless wave of chaos
I fear I won't make it out alive
When my body starts to shake and shiver
Everyone in my heart just hides
Take the next train out of here
Tonight
I wanna disappear
Caffeine and graffiti
Sex and drugs
Dancing in the city lights
Light another fire
Watch it burn
Please just stay with me tonight
Caffeine and graffiti
Sex and drugs
Dancing in the city lights (Please stay with me tonight)
Light another fire
Watch it burn
Please just stay with me tonight (Won't be an oversight)
Caffeine and graffiti
Sex and drugs
Dancing in the city lights (Alone at midnight)
Light another fire
Watch it burn
Please just stay with me tonight
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Wide Awake and Dreaming
03:56
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I’m waiting for the dream to start
The clock is ringing in my mind
My ego is my counterpart
The paranoia shines
Cardboard signs and neon lights
Trying to make sense of it all
I’ve got the curse of a bleeding heart
But I won’t stop and I’ll never slow down
Walk out the door, sunglasses on
I’m fashionably lost
Ride the vibe to oblivion
Keep my fingers crossed
Could we be wide awake and dreaming?
Dancing in the rain
Angels casting shadows
Drinking off the pain
Watch another sunset
Drink another beer
Kiss another stranger
Wash away your fears
Black coffee and a cigarette
Or whiskey on the rocks
Make my way to an ATM
Standing at the crosswalk
Yellow lights and flashing signs
My heart is pounding out of my chest
Take the cash and leave the receipt
And gamble under house arrest
Could we be wide awake and dreaming?
Dancing in the rain
Angels casting shadows
Drinking off the pain
Watch another sunset
Drink another beer
Kiss another stranger
Wash away your fears
Are you afraid to die?
Are you afraid of being alive?
To lose your heart?
To be alone at night?
Forever learning, always waiting
Burning stars are circulating
Periwinkle blossoms and an orange sky
Jam along to Petty just to feel alive
Punk-rock singalongs for lullabies
It’s the ebb and flow, it’s the wave of life
Could we be wide awake and dreaming?
Dancing in the rain
Angels casting shadows
Drinking off the pain
Watch another sunset
Drink another beer
Kiss another stranger
Wash away your fears
Could we be wide awake and dreaming? (Are you afraid to die?)
Dancing in the rain (Are you afraid of being alive?)
Demons casting shadows (To fall apart?)
Drinking off the pain (To drown in black and white?)
Watch another sunset (Forever yearning)
Drink another beer (Always fading)
Kiss another stranger (Burning stars are circulating)
Wash away your fears
We are just wide awake and dreaming
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I’ve been falling through the floor again
And sinking in the pavement
They all try so hard to understand
But I just can’t explain it
Tears roll down my face
While I’m up on the roof as the sunset fades
And the wind crawls through my bones
Nostalgia takes hold and time can’t slow down
Stay young
Stay wild
Driving in the dark at midnight
Getting lost under the moonlight all night
We can dance, we can run, we can fight
You can count on me to let you down
I’ve been falling to the floor again
Collapsed from the weight and
Been wandering inside my brain too much
Undressing all this pain and
Cameras flash and fade
And the smoke in the air is a serenade
My heart rings out in the night
Like an ambulance, like a battle cry
I’m out of touch
Out of my mind
I only think about you all the time
Driving in the dark at midnight
Getting lost under the moonlight all night
We could dance, we could run, we could fight
You can count on me to let you down
Kiss you in the dark at midnight
Blinded by the car headlights
I could follow you home or I could leave you alone
But you can count on me to let you down
Count on me to let you down
You can count on me to let you down
Driving in the dark at midnight
Getting lost under the starlight all night
Driving in the dark at midnight
Getting lost under the moonlight all night
We could dance, we could run, we could fight
You can count on me to let you down
Kiss you in the dark at midnight
Wrap my arms around you tight
I could follow you home or I could leave you alone
But you can count on me to let you down
Count on me to let you down
You can count on me to let you down
You can count on me to let you down
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5. |
Eastern Standard
03:30
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Empty street in the pouring rain
Dancing in the middle of a hurricane
A heart of gold that's laced with cocaine
While I'm lying in the shadows of a windowpane
I fall apart as I fall asleep
Making noise so the quiet can't creep
My body's shaking in between the sheets
Two suitcase lovers and a lonely heartbeat
I'm going crazy tonight
Won't you please be by my side?
Partners in crime
Hopeless romantic stuck on Eastern Standard Time
A vagrant heart and a paperback
Stuck in the middle of a panic attack
Think I was born an insomniac
You've got your safety net, I've got a new soundtrack
Cigarettes and the midnight air
Tangled in the darkness like a love affair
And as I took off her underwear
I felt a shiver down my spine and saw a signal flare
I'm feeling hazy tonight
Won't you take me for a ride?
Your eyes meet mine
Lost in enchantment, stuck on Central Standard Time
I've been so lost without the touch of your skin
Your glow and your spin and I...
I feel like a helicopter losing control
Don't ever let go
‘Cause I’m a ghostwriter
Neurotic to the core
My heart is dripping from my sleeve onto your bedroom floor
Whoa-oh-ho-ho
I’ve been so broken lately
I’ve been so tired baby
So please just stay here with me
So please just fucking save me
Consistently inconsistent dear
If you’d just give me a minute I could make things clear
You’ve got your ticket to the world premiere
First row seats to my breakdown
But I know everything will be alright
Our hearts are burning and the flame is bright
And as we sit at this traffic light
You put your hand in mine and you squeeze it tight
I’m in a chase scene tonight
Always running out of time
Just get a grip, don’t slip
And get on with your life
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You get lost in the bright lights
You get lost in the sound
You get lost inside your head when you're all alone and there is no one around
You get caught up in a moment
You get caught up inside your mind
So take a deep breath and just hold it, there is nowhere to go to hide
I've been daydreaming of a car crash
Been searching for an exit to get out
I feel like a stranger on these streets
My satellite heart is a black cloud
You get lost in the chaos
You get lost in the crowd
You get lost underneath the stars in the nighttime sky of a fucked up town
Stumbling through a nightmare
Waking up to the sound of silence
And the sound of all these sirens has you at the bottom of a bottle tonight
I've been daydreaming of a car crash
Been searching for an exit to get out
I feel like a stranger on these streets
My satellite heart is a black cloud
Is there a reason I should go back? I can't tell
Running 'round in circles in a wishing well
Searching for an answer on a carousel
I've got a satellite heart tonight
And even in this superficial society
I won't let them take what's left of me
I won't let them get the best of me
And I've been lost without a reason in my mind
So breathe in the magic and get lost in time
I'm a dedicated addict and a mastermind
I'm handing out electric valentines
Because my satellite heart is never far behind
I've been daydreaming of a car crash
Been searching for an exit to get out
I feel all alone out on these streets
My satellite heart is a black cloud
I've been daydreaming of a car crash
Been searching for an exit to get out
Now I don't have a reason to go back
My satellite heart is a black cloud
Is there a reason I should go back? I can't tell
Running 'round in circles in a wishing well
Searching for an answer, baby, can't you tell?
I've got a satellite heart tonight
Tonight
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Watch the lights fade in and out
To the beat of my own heart
Insomnia and kerosene
Takes up all the space between these walls
My words are echoing through the halls
I feel so stuck inside my skin
Let out the darkness, let the light back in
Pin myself against the wall
Up all night to hear your call
I just need to fix myself oh
I don't wanna let you down again
I get so lost inside my head
Dancing on a cloud in a nightmare
Riding a Ferris wheel in a cemetery
In my own private sanctuary
Nostalgia is a pretty heavy burden to carry
Keep it cool, stay collected
Pretend my brain is not infected
Confetti lines the driveway
But I'm falling faster like a sinking stone
Tell me all the things you wish I'd change
My heart beats fast and oh so strange
I'm addicted to the mess that is my mind
I don't wanna be alone in the dark or get left behind
Pin myself against the wall
(I'm losing sleep, losing my mind)
Up all night to hear your call
(So damaging, I'm vanishing tonight)
I just need to fix myself oh
I don't wanna let you down again
I get so lost inside my head
Saw the stars burn in the sky
Saw the light in you and I
I won't let you down again
Saw the sun light up your face
Felt the warmth of your embrace
I can't let you down again
Pin myself against the wall
Up all night to hear your call
Pin myself against the wall
(I'm losing sleep, losing my mind)
Up all night to hear your call
(So damaging, I'm vanishing tonight)
I just need to fix myself oh
I don't wanna let you down again
I just need to take control and
Shut out all the voices in my head
Apologies wrapped in misery oh
I don't wanna let you down again
I get so lost inside my head
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8. |
Ghosts on Mass Avenue
03:12
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Lost in a dream on a dead end street
I'm a porcelain mannequin
Trying to be new again
I hit the bar and I claim defeat
Bastard heart and broken soul
Can’t escape and can’t let go
Watching
Waiting
There’s no negotiating
Falling
Fading
Out into the static
With the ghosts on Mass Avenue
Demons to dance with you
Let’s have a rendezvous
Up inside my head
Clashing like enemies
Dissonant melodies
I’m searching desperately
Please send a remedy
Please send me far far away
Please set me free from this prison cell
I’ve been locked in penitentiary
A quarter of a century
I’m losing faith and I’m losing sleep
I’ll play the martyr in this foolish game
Smashing empty picture frames
Turning
Straying
Always manipulating
Drifting
Burning
Ghosts on Mass Avenue
My heart is turning blue
Let’s have a rendezvous
Up inside my head
Move down to Franklin Street
Lost in the summer heat
You take the backseat
I’ll drive off a cliff
Fifty feet straight to the ground
And on the boulevard
We’re passing signs and chasing stars
And kissing in the rain
Getting drunk on cheap champagne
Then the signal to my brain
Starts to make me go insane
And I lose control
And my dirty hands take hold
Ghosts on Mass Avenue
My heart is black
Let’s have a rendezvous
Up inside my head
Dying to make a change
Desperate and so deranged
Help me to rearrange
All of the wires
To stop lighting fires
Ghosts on Mass Avenue
Ghosts on Mass Avenue
Let’s start the ignition
Let's burn this whole place to the ground
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9. |
Dancing in the Lights
05:08
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I hear the hum of the lights down the hallway
I know I can feel you in my bones tonight
Funny how it seems the stars are falling from the sky
I know I can feel you in my veins tonight
I hear your car pull out of the driveway
I know I can feel my heart beat out of time
Every time you leave I feel like I'm waking from a dream
I know you're in my skin even when the walls are caving in
I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain
Running through the streets at midnight, I’m so lost out in the rain
If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night
Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights
I keep my medicine in a locked safe
My pulse is speeding up as you're racing through my mind
I'm dreaming of us in a parking lot
"Don't tell a soul dear”
We might get caught
As you press up against me with fog on the glass
I awake in my bed all alone and a mess
I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain
Smoking cigarettes at midnight, chasing ghosts out in the rain
If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night
Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights
The lights are flickering
My body's shivering
Your voice is echoing
You are my heroine
Lost in a tidal wave
And I cannot escape
I said "I might be a disaster babe, but take my hand, get in my car, and let's just run away”
I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain
Running through the streets at midnight, I’m so fucked up in the rain
If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night
Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights
I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain
Running through the streets at midnight, I’m so lost out in the rain
If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night
Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights
Dancing in the lights
Dancing in the lights
I'm holding you all night
I’ll kiss you as the world is ending and we're dancing in the lights
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Let’s dance in slow motion
And watch all the lights burn one by one
In a black and white movie
In the springtime
In a parking lot
Quarter past one
I could hold you all night long
I could watch you sleep or sing you a song
I could fall apart without you here
I would lose my mind without you dear
Let’s dance on a rooftop
And watch all the stars burn one by one
With the sounds of the traffic
And “The Sounds in Your Dream” playing
Lost in your arms and your eyes and the swaying
And I could kiss you all night long
I could watch you laugh, I could write you a song
I could make you smile, I could make you cry
I could drive you away and I would surely die
And I would stay a thousand years
Learn all your hopes and all your fears
Take your pain and make it mine
You’re my partner in crime ‘til the end of time
You’re my shining star, and my vital signs
You’re my dream and my heart and my valentine
I could hold you all night long
I could watch you sleep or sing you a song
I could fall apart without you here
I would lose my mind without you dear
I could hold you all night long
I could watch you sleep or sing you a song
I could fall apart without you here
I would be so lost without you dear
All the love inside my heart
You stitch me up when I break apart
And make all of my troubles fade away
You’re my ride or die every night and day
From the midnight moon to the matinee
So let’s run and dance and hide away
Because I’m always here and I will always stay
Because I’m always here and I will always stay
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The Burning Lights
The Burning Lights are a supernova of catchy rock and roll hooks and emotional anthems for the lost and lonely. Currently based out of Chicago, the band puts on energetic live performances with electric stage presence. The Burning Lights are currently writing their second studio album. ... more
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