When the nights grow long

Where money’s always been the only law

A chill gets in your bones, you feel so alone

Exiled into the forbidden zone

You need firelight

To beat back the night

And nothing burns as brightly as a flag

Set alight

By firelight

It’s red when you let the fresh air in

Like blood that runs blue beneath white skin

Get the kerosene

We’ll warm our hands, we’ll make a festive scene

Orange, black and green, for all it means

It’s just a curtain ‘round a crime scene

So what is it you

Pledge allegiance to

You want the gift, or just the wrapping?

And all your misplaced pride

Is a consolation prize

I think you’d better throw it on the fire

We need the light

Firelight

Is red when you let the fresh air in

Like blood that runs blue beneath white skin

And fire will always need feeding

Not promises no one is keeping