Some fires purify. Some fires burn. (lyrics and music by Nik List)

LYRICS

Some fires purify
Some fires burn
High in the sky, 
My dragons return

My angels speak in Latin, 
Bleed me til Im barren
In the Valley of the Shadow of Death, 
I visit my family
I hold my breath

Some fires purify
Some fires burn
By the time that I die
What have I learned?

Some fires burn
Some fires purify
OH me 
OH my
OH me 
OH my
OH me 
OH my

Will the world end in fire or will it freeze?
We’re mired
and we’re the disease

I whistle in the dark 
I mingle with my flock
Perched on their rock, 
They watch me like a hawk

I run the church of the dead 
Go search what I’ve said
Some fires purify, some fires burn 
Before you die, prepare your urn
I greet my ghosts
They’re my guests, my gorgeous pets 
And I’m their host
I shave their heads 
I save their bones 
My dolls are the dead 
I call them my own 

I ripped out my eyes and I saw the light
Here are my dragons, see them alight
sit tight      
watch them 
As they burn through the night

I stand on my grave and read the eulogy
I can’t be saved, but I speak truthfully
Some fires purify
Some fires burn
Here I abide
my tide has turned

Nights of full moon light up my tomb
My my rental, my room
My temple of doom
Some fires purify
Some fires burn
I’ll take to the sky
When it’s my turn

Sickness and health,
I bear witness to myself
Through thick and thin, 
I shed my skin
The dweller, the dragon
And whatever may happen
To love and to cherish, 
Until we perish 
Till death us do us part, 
I spill the breath 
of my dying heart