We warm our hands beside the fire
Illuminated
By books in flames
And watch the ordered demolition
In high definition
Of yesterday
Our hands are tied just like our tongues
As we stand
Motionless in fear
We say we're waiting
For the bar-bar-barbarians
But they're already here
Worried to save our skin
Now that our blood runs thin
Watching as everything caves in
We warm our hands beside the fire
And feel its heat coursing through our veins
Turn back the centuries of cold indifference
And start to grow again
This is the price we pay
If we look the other way
So maybe it's time for us to say
Build it up, what they burnt down
Build it up, up from the ground
Build it up, build it up, build it up la la la la la la
Build it up, what they burnt down
Build it up, up from the ground
Build it up, build it up, build it up la la la la la la
This is the price we pay
If we look the other way
So maybe it's time for us to say
Build it up, what they burnt down
Build it up, up from the ground
Build it up, build it up, build it up la la la la la la