The Flame Lyrics - Icehouse

On the edge of the city in the dust and the daylight 

There's a place where the truth cannot hide 

There's no hell and no heaven, no sense in believing 

All you have is your hope and your pride 

Rusting iron, bricks and paper, hold each other for shelter 

So you sleep and you call it a home 

You may just hear the sound of the "Calm Before The Storm" 

In my heart of the country far away from the town 

Working day after day in the factories and mines 

And your name is a number and your colour is black 

It's the colour of midnight and coal 

Well, the young men are restless and the old men are tired 

Always working for nothing and being alone 

You can feel the heat of the "Calm Before The Storm" 

Well, you can move a mountain and shut out the sky 

You can put out the fire but the flame won't die, ohhhh... 

You must see it blue and early at morning 

As the smoke settles slowly and the crowd clears away 

The shouting is over, they have nothing to say 

Nineteen voices of silence lying dead in the street 

Nineteen voices are still now ten thousand will fight 

And you might know the voice of the "Calm Before The Storm" 

Well, you can move a mountain and shut out the sky 

You can put out the fire but the flame won't die 

Well, you can move a mountain and shut out the sky 

And you can put out the fire but the flame won't die 

Mmm hmmm hmmm...Mmm hmmm hmmm... 

Mmm hmmm hmmm...Mmm hmmm hmmm... 

Mmm hmmm hmmm...Mmm hmmm hmmm... 

Mmm hmmm hmmm...Mmm hmmm hmmm... 

Mmm hmmm hmmm...Mmm hmmm hmmm...