She's Kerosene - The Interrupters

Empty bottles on a dusty wooden floor A remedy I've tried too many times Echoes in my mind of shouts and slamming doors I've done better with goodbyes Now the sun is heading back into its grave It's a cold October night Taste the autumn air and hope to find a way To keep the dark out of my mind Kerosene, kerosene She lit me up She left me numb I call her kerosene Kerosene, kerosene She lit me up She left me numb I call her kerosene Light a candle as I lay me down to sleep Watch the room around me glow Listen quietly to wind and rustling leaves In the silence I'm at home In my dreams I see her standing by the fire Granite eyes reflect the flames Humming softly 'til the embers start to tire A faded memory that I saved Kerosene, kerosene She lit me up She left me numb I call her kerosene Kerosene, kerosene She lit me up She left me numb I call her kerosene Mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm Mmm, mmm, mmm-mmm Kerosene, kerosene She lit me up She left me numb I call her kerosene Kerosene, kerosene She lit me up She left me numb I call her kerosene

Pentecostal preacher in a backyard barn Daddy's drinking whiskey from a mason jar And buying all his liquor with the offering Prudence is a song I ain't yet to sing A millionaire mogul about to drown in debt Patience is a woman that I ain't met yet Cause everytime I see her, she hits the streets Patience is a woman I can't wait to meet Candy shop killer with a girl's dress on Recycled by the army now his mind is gone Triple checks that everything is kerosene wet Mercy is a trigger that I ain't pulled yet

I hear the sound echo off the concrete The same song is playing on repeat Haven't taken a breath in hours it seems My skin turns blue, my ears ringing The trauma skips like an old CD That's all scratched up from my OCD Echoes on like a jailbird Echoes on like a jailbird Year after year I hear the screaming in my ears and it Echoes on like a jailbird Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh Strung out adrenaline junkie My heart pounds, but I look like a zombie There's wires crossed inside my brain And broken tracks lead to runaway trains I bite my nails until they bleed Pullin' out my hair from the root like a weed Echoes on like a jailbird Echoes on like a jailbird Year after year I hear the screaming in my ears and it Echoes on like a jailbird Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh Echoes on like a jailbird Echoes on like a jailbird Year after year I hear the screaming in my ears and it Echoes on like a jailbird Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh

Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Yeah They got their swords and their spears And their bows and their knives We're fighting with our brothers, and our sisters for our lives Rebel against the kings of Babylon! God made man, and man made kings And the kings rule man, and they bring the suffering When the people rise up, they see it as defiant They wanna have control so you cant be self-reliant If you play your role and don't get out of line If you sell your soul, they will buy it for a dime And sell it for a dollar, so they can turn a profit It's a vicious cycle and the only way to stop it Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Yeah They got their swords and their spears And their bows and their knives We're fighting with our brothers, and our sisters for our lives Rebel against the kings of Babylon! They run the drugs, so they make all the money that they're Busy print' up like a bee makin' honey They hide in the shadows, call themselves enlightened While all the people's shackles are slowly getting tightened If we're not locked up, we're starving in the streets Full belly's getting fat while the weak are getting weaker Politicians out to line their pockets It's a vicious cycle and the only way to stop it Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Yeah They got their swords and their spears And their bows and their knives We're fighting with our brothers, and our sisters for our lives Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah Conquer the system of control Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah Violent and tyrannical Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah It's a radical overthrow Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah It'll happen again like it's happened before Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Rebel against the kings of Babylon! Yeah They got their swords and their spears And their bows and their knives We're fighting with our brothers, and our sisters for our lives Rebel against the kings of Babylon! They got their swords and their spears And their bows and their knives We're fighting with our brothers, and our sisters for our lives Rebel against the kings of Babylon!

My bones are the bars of a jail And I've never felt completely female I sleep when the sun starts to rise So, I spend the night drying my eyes And I watch all the humans, they move place to place And hide in plain sight with that look on their face Do they feel the same or is it just me? Wish I could fly into that beautiful beam And I don't fit in, I'm struggling I'm trying to be one of them But I'm an alien around here And I don't fit in, I'm struggling I'm trying to be one of them But I'm an alien around here I'm an alien around here My soul's crawling out of my skin Yeah, this gravity's wearing me thin I'd probably breathe better on Mars Floating up there above the stars And I watch all the humans, they move place to place And hide in plain sight with that look in their face Do they feel the pain or is it just me? Wish I could fly into that beautiful beam And I don't fit in, I'm struggling I'm trying to be one of them But I'm an alien around here And I don't fit in, I'm struggling I'm trying to be one of them But I'm an alien around here I'm an alien around here They look at me like I'm from light-years away They look at me like I'm from light-years away And I don't fit in, I'm struggling Now I am not trying to be one of them I'm an alien around here

Spiteful one out to settle scores Filthy rich and you steal from the poor Think I'm a puppet in your show You only smile when you bring me down But I'm the reason you're the talk of the town And little do you know You can't control me anymore You can't control me anymore You think you own me, but it won't be like before You can't control me anymore Dark clouds are clearing up Your energy is poisonous You never cared for me at all (Ooh) You were telling me to pay my dues Man you couldn't walk a day in my shoes So it's my turn to make the call Hey! You can't control me anymore You can't control me anymore You think you own me, but it won't be like before You can't control me anymore Anymore Let's go! (Yeah) Spiteful one out to settle scores Filthy rich and you steal from the poor, yeah Now you're a puppet in my show You only smile when you bring me down But I'm the reason you're the talk of the town And little do you know You can't control me anymore You can't control me anymore You think you own me, but it won't be like before, yeah You can't control me anymore Anymore Anymore