Burn a Little Brighter

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Leather jacket, empty pockets, and a mean streak you can see He's a victim of the system and the academic greed I remember we were younger, when it felt easy to breathe When Chicago burned a little brighter I can isolate the moment that we all sought to return All his teachers and his counselors didn't have time for concern It was gradual like cancer that you kill but will return Now Chicago burns a little brighter Yeah, tonight she burns a little brighter [Chorus] There's something circling here on our street Everybody's got a taste for more It's a rerun, it's no mystery I've seen this one before [Verse 2] All the uproar and the outrage was a spectacle to find The pretenders and the grifters, yeah, just left me so resigned Grandma saw this, bought his jacket, said he'd want it to be mine Now Chicago burns a little brighter Yeah, tonight she burns a little brighter [Chorus] There's something circling here on our street Everybody's got a taste for blood It's a rerun, it's no mystery I've seen this one before [Bridge] And the best times that I remember Sneaking out the fire escape, playing "Never Surrender" But I'll never forget, the officer said That you didn't come home from school today And the best times that I remember Sneaking out the fire escape, playing "Never Surrender" But I'll never forget, the officer said That you didn't come home from school today And we're standing on this corner alone Standing on this corner alone Standing on this corner alone And we're standing [Verse 3] It was later, on the corner, the whole gang was getting high And when we talked about it, everyone had alibis Grandma always said there's different ways to say goodbye Now Chicago burns a little brighter And I clench my fists a little tighter [Chorus] There's something circling here on our street Everybody's got a taste for blood It's a rerun, it's no mystery I've seen this one before [Bridge] And the best times that I remember Sneaking out the fire escape, playing "Never Surrender" But I'll never forget, the officer said That you didn't come home from school at all And the best times that I remember Sneaking out the fire escape, playing "Never Surrender" But I'll never forget, the officer said That you didn't come home from school today