Burning Out

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Finland
2022

"Burning Out"
Snowclone

Music & Lyrics: Tero Aalto

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Every day my world goes off in flames
Every night I drown in tears
Grandeur to decay
How I wound up this way
Burning out, caving in
Cracking up, breaking down

I was bound to rule this world
Greatness stood by my door
Affluence, no pretense
All my goals seemed to be within reach
I was trapped inside my mind
Doomed to chasing ubiquity

Shattered dreams cut skin like glass
Bleeding wounds on my feet
Never seem to heal
But I can conceal
Failures and anguished voices

Every day my world goes off in flames
Every night I drown in tears
Grandeur to decay
How I wound up this way
Burning out, caving in
Cracking up, breaking down

I have fallen on my face
Can't revive sense of irony

Castles built on shifting sands
Fading vestige of hope
Nothing up my sleeve
Too much to achieve

It's still too amusing, annoying
Astounding, appalling
To start accepting my fate

Every day my world goes off in flames
Every night I drown in tears
For this squandered brain
There's a way down the drain
Barren thoughts congesting my mind

Every day my world goes off in flames
Every night I drown in tears
Grandeur to decay
How I wound up this way
Burning out, caving in
Cracking up, breaking down

For this squandered brain
There's a way down the drain
Barren thoughts combusting me
Stifled cries breaking loose
Burning out