[Intro - building, just drums and bass]
[Shout spoken][Shout spoken] “Please welcome to the stage…THE SPARKS A-K-A — THE CRIMSON FIVE!!!!!!!!!
[crowd roars]
[Verse 1] Backstage, five minutes out We’ve been waiting for this longer than we know how to talk about House is filling up, the lights are low Nothing left to check, nowhere left to go This is it. This is the night. The one we built the loading bay for, the one we almost didn’t fight to find
[Pre-Chorus] Five, four, three - The sound guy nods and signals green Two, one - And suddenly it’s not a dream
[Chorus] We burn - First chord hits and the whole room turns We burn - Nothing left to hold, nothing left to earn Five people, one fire, one stage, one night This is what it costs and this is what it’s worth We burn - we burn - we BURN
[Verse 2] Second song, we hit our stride Somebody in the front row knows the words - how do they know the words? Third song - Sky breaks a string Doesn’t stop, doesn’t flinch, keeps playing everything The Crimsons don’t stop - that’s who we are And for the first time, we all know how far
[Pre-Chorus] We’re not performing anymore We’re just alive in this We’re not trying to be something - We already are
[Chorus] We burn - First chord hits and the whole room turns We burn - Nothing left to hold, nothing left to earn Five people, one fire, one stage, one night This is what it costs and this is what it’s worth We burn - we burn - we BURN
[Bridge][Almost Spoken] I looked at Soren in the second verse He was grinning like it hurt I looked at Sky - still playing, missing string and all - her eyes were wet Not sad - the other kind you don’t forget Sol was somewhere I have never seen her Sienna had her eyes closed
And I thought: this is why.
THIS is why.
[Explosive Guitar and Drums Solo] [Explosive Guitar and Drums Solo] [Explosive Guitar and Drums Solo]
[Final Chorus] WE BURN - First chord hits and the whole room turns WE BURN - We paid for every second that we earned Five people, one fire, one stage, one life And every ember got us here tonight - WE BURN - WE BURN - WE BURN
WE BURN - First chord hits and the whole room turns WE BURN - We paid for every second that we earned Five people, one fire, one stage, one life And every ember got us here tonight - WE BURN - WE BURN - WE BURN
[Outro] When the last note died Nobody moved for a second.
The crowd. Us.
Just the heat of what we’d done.
And then everything.
[CODA] THE CRIMSON FIVE! CRIMSON AND ALIVE!
THE CRIMSON FIVE! CRIMSON AND ALIVE!
THE CRIMSON FIVE! CRIMSON AND ALIVE!
THE CRIMSON FIVE! CRIMSON AND ALIVE!