Torch Song Songtext
von Marillion

Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks to burn a little brighter now
Something about roman candles fizzing out, shine a little light on me now
Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation, alcohol can thrill me now
It′s getting late in the game to show any pride or shame
I just burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now Doctor says my liver looks like leaving with my lover, need another time-out now
Like any sort of hero turning down to zero still standing out in any crowd
Pulling seventeen with experience and dreams, sweating out a happy hour
Where you're hiding 29 you know it ain′t a crime
To burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now

"And my advice is if you maintain this lifestyle you won't reach 30"

"Christ - it's a romantic way to go really, it′s part of the heritage, it′s your round i'n′it?"

We burn a little brighter now


Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks to burn a little brighter now
It was something about roman candles fizzing out, shine a little light on me now
Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation, alcohol thrill me now
Getting late in the game to show any pride or shame
Burn a little brighter now, we burn a little brighter now
We burn a little brighter now