Fires in the sand

Driftwood on the water

Lift those flames up high, my friend

Then send you to the water

Fires in the sand

Driftwood on the water

Lift those flames up higher

As we send you down to slaughter

The waves that hold you swell and sway

And twist beneath your body frame

As peaceful as I have ever seen

Your restless spirit's bound for better things

Hanging on

We keep on hanging on

Hanging by a thread

Fires in the sand

Driftwood on the water

Lift thosе flames up high, my friend

Then sеnd you to the water

These hands that hold you

Fast enthrall

They're not the kind of hands

That you can feel at all

Take off your bracelet

Take off your rings

Never again will you have

Such need of things

Hanging on

We keep on hanging on

Hanging by a thread

Fires in the sand

Driftwood on the water

Lift those flames up high, my friend

Then send you to the water

Fires in the sand

Driftwood on the water

Lift those flames up higher

As we send you down to slaughter