The World Is On Fire – Sung by Siera Keyt and written by Dodwell Keyt
THE WORLD IS ON FIRE
Verse 1
The world is burning
What do we care
The killing goes on
Like it’s not there
We scroll past sorrow
We shut the door
Names turn to numbers
We’ve seen before
Pre-Chorus
We draw lines on maps
And call it defence
We sell our silence
And call it sense
Chorus
The world is on fire
Can’t you feel the heat
Truth’s just a whisper
Under marching feet
The world is on fire
But we’re numb inside
We light our candles
While the future dies
Verse 2
The fires rage on
Across the land
Ash in the sky
Blood on our hands
Leaders in suits
With well-rehearsed regret
They promise tomorrow
But hedge their bets
Pre-Chorus
They speak of peace
With a clenched fist
Shake hands in daylight
Bombs dropped at dusk
Chorus
The world is on fire
Can’t you smell the smoke
Every promise spoken
Sounds like a joke
The world is on fire
But we look away
If it’s not our home
It’s not our pain
Bridge
We need a doctor
To fix this mess
A traveller with a heart
Who won’t give in to less
Someone to shout
That this isn’t right
To remind us we can choose
To save a life
Chorus
The killing goes on…
The fires rage on…
The world is burning…
What do we care…
Final Chorus
The world is on fire
And I’m wide awake
If this is humanity
What’s left to save
The world is on fire
Still I hold the line
If hope is a crime
Then let me stand trial
Outro
The world is on fire
But I still believe
Somewhere inside us
We remember how to see
Cheers
Dodwell
