1st VERSE: When the wind picked up the fire spread and the grapevines seemed left for dead. And the northern sky looked like the end of days, the end of days. A wake up call to a rancid room Sounded like an alarm of impending doom. To warn us it's only a matter of time. CHORUS: Before we all burn Before we all burn Before we all burn Before we all burn 2nd VERSE: We bought some wine and some paper cups near your daughter's school when we picked her up and drove to a cemetery on a hill on a hill. And we watched the plumes paint the sky grey and she laughed and danced through the field of graves And there I knew it would be alright that everything CHORUS: Would be alright Would be alright Would be alright Would be alright BRIDGE: And the news reports on the radio said it was getting worse As the ocean air found the flames But I couldn't think of anywhere I would have rather been To watch it all burn away To burn away. OUTRO: The firemen worked in double shifts, with prayers for rain on their lips And they knew it was only a matter of time.