FIRE
Fire took my mother, fire took my dad
Fire took my sister, the only one that I ever had
Fire took my cousins, fire took my friends
Fire took my chickens too, fire took you
Now I’m left alone with Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan
I’m left alone with starving people, just me and my two hands
I’m left alone with China and the whole of South America
I’m left alone with some fascists too, left alone without you
Gonna buy myself a weapon, gonna buy myself a boat
Gonna buy myself a mountain, gonna buy myself a coat
Gonna buy myself a reason, gonna buy myself some dope
Gonna give myself a light, gonna burn myself alive
Fire took the furnace and it’s getting kinda cold in here
Rain won’t take that fire away, it’s never gonna disappear
Fire took my family, fire took my world
Fire took the zoo, fire take me too
Pieter-Jan De Smet, 1993