The City Are Burning - 1989 - The Gone Kids

[STYLE DESCRIPTION: Fast indie-punk anthem. BPM ~175. Raw distorted guitars, steady driving drums. Vocals sharp, defiant, urgent.] [verse] Flames lean against the skyline, concrete exhales in smoke and glass. Crosswalks vanish in the heat, names dissolve into the ash. [chorus – sharp, urgent, gang vocals layered] The city are burning, no silence left to keep. The city are burning, we write our lives on empty streets. [verse – clipped delivery, tension rising] Billboards peel, their slogans hollow, windows cough a thousand eyes. Cartels of power whisper louder, terror sleeps in every sigh. [bridge – bass heavy, drums martial, vocals spoken then screamed] Every barricade is temporary, every headline dressed in black. The fire spreads like language, and none of it is coming back. [chorus – repeat with more aggression] The city are burning, the skyline breaks in two. The city are burning, but still, we carry through. [outro – noise, feedback, screams distant] The city… are burning.