Bad Religion - Los Angeles Is Burning Lyrics


Bad Religion Lyrics

Los Angeles Is Burning Lyrics
Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of a blue
St. Anne's skirts are billowing
but down here in the city of the lime lights
the fans of Santa Ana are withering
and you can't deny that living is easy
if you never look behind the scenery
it's showtime for dry climes
and bedlam is dreaming of rain

When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
palm trees are candles in the murder wind
so many lives are on the breeze
even the stars are ill at ease
and Los Angeles is burning


This is not a test
of the emergency broadcast system
where Malibu fires and radio towers
conspire to dance again
and I cannot believe the media Mecca
they're only trying to peddle reality,
catch it on prime time, story at nine
the whole world is going insane

When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
palm trees are candles in the murder wind
so many lives are on the breeze
even the stars are ill at ease
and Los Angeles is burning

A placard reads
"the end of days"
Jacaranda boughs are bending in the haze

More a question than a curse
how could hell be any worse?

The flames are stunning
the cameras running
so take warning

When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
palm trees are candles in the murder wind
so many lives are on the breeze
even the stars are ill at ease
and Los Angeles is burning

Los Angeles Is Burning Info:

• Brett Gurewitz wrote the song. Greg Graffin & Brett Gurewitz produced the track.

• The single was released in 2004 and peaked at #40 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts.

• The music video shows Los Angeles California on fire and is a metaphor for media sensationalism.




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