He strikes a match upon the box and sparks a light
Cocaine in his pocket for the night
Crammed inside a motel somewhere on the west side
His intentions living only for the high
Last cigarette still burning till the filters all gone
Shaky fingertips still yellow from the fag
A broken rope hangs from the ceiling where he wrestled with his feelings
Looks upon the past and takes another drag
He lives on the edge of town
Where heaven is burning down
She puts on makeup and spends her nights drowning
Glued to the spiders and the flies upon the web
She played piano but was terrified of crowds
Lived in shadows sanctioned from the other kids
Out of a daydream she stumbled on a boy
Spent her nights convinced that they were so in love
He used her body then the rumors started spreading
So today she went to school and brought a gun
Now she lives on the edge
Now she lives on the edge of town
Where heaven is burning down
It's okay baby I feel you
It's okay baby I hear you
It's okay baby I feel you
It's okay baby I hear you
She wakes up early struggles out of bed
Eyes red crying all last night awake
Arrived in tears her family's in open arms
A mural stands in flowers and a young man's in a casket
Pastor and the choir starts a song
One week prior he was driving to the theater
When the police pulled him over off the road
And that's where they left him DEAD
Somewhere on the edge of town
It's okay baby I feel you
Where heaven is burning down
It's okay baby I hear you
It's okay baby I feel you
Where heaven is burning down
It's okay baby I hear you
Where heaven is burning down