Death Cab For Cutie - Kids in '99 lyrics

I'm thinkin' 'bout those kids
I'm thinkin' 'bout those kids back in '99
The gas leakin' in the creek
A firecracker, then a spark
In a moment they were

Gone, gone gone, gone

Our house shaken by the blast
Black smoke billowing off the landscape
Sirens crying through the streets
With choppers hovering like vultures
Above a meal

Gone, gone gone, gone
Gone, gone gone, gone

In the waters where we used to swim
Where we thought we would be young forever
The beads that glistened on
Your sunburnt skin
Evaporated in the flames and embers

I'm thinkin' 'bout those kids
I'm thinkin' 'bout those kids back in '99
And wonder who they would've been
For not a spark and a flash
And the moment they were

Gone, gone gone, gone
Gone, gone gone, gone
Gone, gone gone, gone