Light Up The Night

The Protomen

This city's sleeping like a soldier
Trapped inside of an iron lung
Machines can keep you breathing
But what happens when you find a new war's begun?
Flip a switch and turn it off, you won't be able to breathe
So either way you're a casualty

I've got this burning like my veins are filled
With nothing but gasoline
And with a spark
It's gonna be the biggest fire they've ever seen
Cut me down or let me run
Either way it's all gonna burn
The only way that they'll ever learn

We've got to turn it off
Flip a switch
Light up the night

There is a city that this darkness can't hide
There are the embers of a fire that's gone out
But I can still feel the heat on my skin
This mess we're in, well you and I
Maybe you and I
We can still make it right

Maybe we can bring back the light

At the heart of the city
There is a building that looks down over all there is
And the man in the tower controls it all without raising a single fist
It's like they gathered up the city, they sold it to the devil, and now
It's gone to hell and they wonder how

Well, a friend once told me
Men, they would follow any man who would turn the wheels
Now the wheels are spinning out of control
What would they do if we held them still
If you destroy the working parts, what you'll get is a broken machine
A beacon of light from a burning screen

Light it up
Light up the night

There is a city that this darkness can't hide
There are the embers of a fire that's gone out
But I can still feel the heat on my skin
This mess we're in, well you and I
Maybe you and I
We can light up the night

Then we can light up the night
There is a city that this darkness can't hide
There are the embers of a fire that's gone out
But I can still feel the heat on my skin
This mess we're in, well you and I
Maybe you and I
We can light up the night

There is a city that this darkness can't hide
There is a fire that will burn through the streets of the city
And we will stand in the light
We will stand in the light
You and I
Maybe you and I
We can bring back the light

There is a city that this darkness can't hide
There is a fire that will burn through the streets of the city
And we will stand in the light
We will stand in the light
You and I
You and I
We will bring back the light