There was a man and he knew what he wanted He would not rest till it finally came Throughout the land all the people were haunted Till they were blessed with red ashes and rain Take a letter to the king of the hill Say the people were dying They're dying still Tell him only that the world's on fire tonight And I see faces in the window Men outside my door There's a candle burning bright In the kitchen tonight As the children march to war This is a time when the fools have the trigger When we were sure they were finally gone They draw the lines set the rules get bigger And you and me are only carried along Take a letter to the king of the hill Say the people were dying They're dying still Tell him only that the world's on fire tonight And I see faces in the window...