The Protomen - Light Up the Night lyrics

This city's sleeping like a soldier trapped inside of an iron lung Machines can keep you breathing But what happens when you find a new war's begun? Flip a switch and turn it off You won't be able to breathe So either way you're a casualty I've got this burning like my veins are filled with nothing but gasoline And with a spark it's gonna be the biggest fire they've ever seen Cut me down or let me run Either way it's all gonna burn The only way that they'll ever learn We've got to turn it off Flip a switch And light up the night There is a city that this darkness can't hide There are the embers of a fire that's gone out But I can still feel the heat on my skin And this mess we're in, where you and I Maybe you and I We can still make it right Maybe we can bring back the light (At the heart of the city) At the heart of the city There is a building that looks down over all there is (And the man in the tower controls it all) And the man in the tower controls it all without raising a single fist (It's like they've gathered up the city and now) It's like they've gathered up the city, they sold it to the Devil and now It's gone to hell and they wonder how, oh Well, a friend once told me Men, they would follow any man who would turn the wheels (Now the wheels are spinning out of control) But now the wheels are spinning out of control What would they do if we held them still? (If you destroy the working parts) If you destroy the working parts, what you'll get is a broken machine A beacon of light from a burning screen Light it up Light up the night (Light up the night) There is a city that this darkness can't hide There are the embers of a fire that's gone out But I can still feel the heat on my skin And this mess we're in, where you and I Maybe you and I We can light up the night Light up the night Light up the night Ah, ah Ooh Then we can light up the night (Light up the night) There is a city that this darkness can't hide There are the embers of a fire that's gone out But I can still feel the heat on my skin And this mess we're in, where you and I Maybe you and I We can light up the night (Light up the night) There is a city that this darkness can't hide There is a fire that will burn through the streets of the city And we will stand in the light, we will stand in the light You and I Maybe you and I We can bring back the light (Light up the night) There is a city that this darkness can't hide There is a fire that will burn through the streets of the city And we will stand in the light, we will stand in the light You and I You and I We can bring back the light