I knew a girl with sad blue eyes

But at the feast i lost my psychic prize

I did forget what the tarot maid did say

I burn today

I burn today



Our house was filled with many birds

She said to me "i can understand their words

The land will shake so run away"

I burn today

I burn today



Yes today i will burn

For the times i did not learn



She said "have fun it's time has come

Hold my heart strings and have yourself a strum

No nevermore this song will we play"

I burn today

I burn today





And as i drank in old paris

She lay her cards just to see what she would see

"down by the water you'll find your happy days"

I burn today

I burn today



Yes today i will burn

For the times i did not learn



I ran so fast into the north

No snow on me and so you said thenceforth

I let snow fall on frozen yesterday

I burn today

I burn today



And if my head is hanging down

I feel her arms and her legs are all around

And we make love beside the waterway

I burn today

I burn today



Yes today i will burn

For the times i did not learn



Behold the rose of jericho

How many lives i really do not know

Though with the rain i know it will return

Today i burn

Today i burn