LYRICS - Fire-Bright
With brick-clay brush
And lime-light green
To trace the lines
His grief will grace
And fill the silence
In between
Red for danger
Green for gold
A fire burns precise and cold
Painted people
Fire-bright will burn
In fortunes flame tonight
Michael paints a face of pain
Chalky white
And charcoal black
He flexes his sciatic legs
And pumps his knuckles
Till they crack
Red for danger
Green for gold
A fire burns precise and cold
Painted people
Fire-bright will burn
In fortunes flame tonight
And when he takes his final bow
He’ll burn until the curtain falls
Then hurry to his dressing room
As punters shuffle
From the stalls
Red for danger
Green for gold
A fire burns precise and cold
Painted people
Fire-bright will burn
In fortunes flame tonight
But lately
As the house grows dim
There’s mocking laughter
Mocking him
Silence when there should be tears
Silence every actor fears
Michael wears a face of smiles
As he prepares a face to greet
The eyes that see an actors eyes
The faces that his face will meet
Red for danger
Green for gold
A fire burns precise and cold
Painted people
Fire-bright will burn
In fortunes flame tonight