Torch Song lyrics

Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks

to burn a little brighter now

Something about roman candles fizzing out,

shine a little light on me now

Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation, alcohol can thrill me now

It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame

I just burn a little brighter now,

burn a little brighter now

Doctor says my liver looks like leaving with my lover, need another time-out now

Like any sort of hero turning down to zero

still standing out in any crowd

Pulling seventeen with experience and dreams,

sweating out a happy hour

Where you're hiding 29 you know it ain't a crime

To burn a little brighter now,

burn a little brighter now

Dr. Finlay: "And my advice is if you maintain this lifestyle you won't reach 30"

Torch: "Christ - it's a romantic way to go really, it's part of the heritage, it's your round i'n'it?"

We burn a little brighter now

Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks

to burn a little brighter now

It was something about roman candles fizzing out,

shine a little light on me now

Found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation, alcohol thrill me now

Getting late in the game to show any pride or shame

Burn a little brighter now, we burn a little brighter now

We burn a little brighter now

• Artist:Marillion
• Album:Clutching at Straws (1987)