Gates - Burned Us Alive lyrics

All the years that I stood rooted and strong
A monument atop the ridge you put me on
But, I hear the machines rush in like a tide
And I know there’s no place that I can hide

I should have held my breath and
Saved a thread of mountain air
I should have known for so long
That this day would come

And all that I wanted was a life hand in hand
Where we fill in the spaces
The best that we can
But the pain that I’m feeling
You won’t understand
And the limbs that you’ve severed
They will never mend

I should have held my breath and
Saved a thread of mountain air
I should have known for so long
That this day would come
I should have held my breath and
Saved a thread of mountain air
I should have known for so long
That this day would come

So I’ll forget the things that
Have filled me with pride
I’ll wander through dreams that
Have all but died
I’ll look to the sky but it’s not enough
The sun’s buried now under towers of lust

They have burned us alive
They have burned us alive
They have burned us alive
They have burned us alive

I should have held my breath and
Saved a thread of mountain air
I should have known for so long
That this day would come
I should have held my breath and
Saved a thread of mountain air
They have burned us alive
They have burned us alive