Not this man-sized hole in the ground
Now your father's face is frozen between anger and tears
The plan was too burn up when the air was clear
Mining for gold as the time unreels
Your mother's hair's amazingly gray
I see from the ceiling a misty spirit
Down in flames
Down in flames
You never even got to go down
All the suffering's a mystery to me
So you'll never even get to go down
And I never even get to go down
I said friend you have a life to see
Be rejected by stage door guards
Why do you wanna scare me so?
I can't even pretend to know
We'd all wear our visors down
Down in flames
Down in flames
And you never even got to go down
Not stifling behind suburban wheels
Down in flames
Rising from a place in my head
You never, you never, you never even got to go
Down in flames
And I'm seeing these friends for the first time in years
You'll never even get to go down
It's icicle reunion day
We had plans to explore the stars
An arc welder spark in the atmosphere
Not stifling behind suburban wheels
You never even got to go down
