Cold Old Fire letra

We always sing, even when were losing
'Cos Dublin's drone is hard enough especially
When you're down and you're boozing
We sing the Oul' Triangle and then the Tommy Ryan
'Cos all the world's a jail and we can't remember why

Why we agreed to live and lie in embers
Of a cold old fire nobody remembers
They hand the ashes back to me down
The button factory, we're cattle at the stall

We look for signs that Dublin's heart's still beating
That concrete and glass and peelers and mass
They haven’t stopped the people from screaming
Being trapped by all the cameras you're inclined to stay at home
And forget some songs were written to remind you you weren’t born

Born to live and lie and die in embers
Of a cold old fire nobody remembers
They hand the ashes back to me down
The button factory, we're cattle at the stall

We see the cracks under the foundation
Smouldering on the faces of the people on the drip of isolation
We hear the sounds come streaming across the crackling air
The broken words of swine who would tell us that we were

Born to live and lie and die in embers
Of a cold old fire nobody remembers
They hand the ashes back to me down
The button factory, were cattle at the stall

And when did we agree to live and lie and die in embers
Of a cold old fire nobody remembers?
They hand the ashes back to me down the button factory
We're cattle at the stall

Lankum - Letras

• Bad Luck to the Rolling Water
• Clear Away in the Morning
• Cold Days of February
• Cold Old Fire
• Daffodil Mulligan
• Déanta in Éireann
• Drinking Song from The Tomb
• Father Had a Knife
• Go Dig My Grave
• Henry My Son
• Hunting The Wren
• Katie Cruel
• Love is Kind
• Netta Perseus
• Newcastle
• On A Monday Morning
• Peat Bog Soldiers
• Salonika
• Sergeant William Bailey
• The Dark Eyed Gypsy
• The Granite Gaze
• The Old Man from Over the Sea
• The Pride of Petravore
• The Rocky Road to Dublin
• The Tri-Coloured House
• The Turkish Reveille
• The Wild Rover
• The Young People
• What Put the Blood
• What Will We Do When We Have No Money
• Willow Garden