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Going Down in Flames

by Mama Red & the Dark Blues

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Going Down in Flames is an autobiographical love story of 'blow it all to hell' proportions. It's about the things we will sacrifice for the truth, and what we'll risk losing to find real love.

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Going Down in Flames.


We took some counsel from the devil,

We stole some sparkle from the stars,

We took our courage from the bottle, drew a map from all our scars.


We took the narrow road to nowhere,

We gave up everything we owned,

We followed demons down the hellhole, hit the bottom drunk and stoned.


But for all that we’ve forgone, we’re not alone.



We gave ourselves all permissions,

We threw our caution to the wind,

We rode the blackest horse, and fed her on the shadows of our sins.


She found the light in my shadows,

I found the danger in her eyes,

We tried to hold them down, but somehow always demons seem to rise.


We dispensed with all the lies, and found the highs.




‘Cause now we’re the birds with the burning wings,

We touch the sun and feel no pain,

Our flight may be short but it will be beautiful,

And if we’re going down…

We’re going down in flames.



She gave her riches to the poorest man,

I shared my bread and shed my skin,

We left with nothing but a silent prayer, for love to let us in,


She took her anger to the deepest well,

She cut it out and threw it in,

I took my sadness to the forest floor, to bury with my kin.


When tomorrow opens her door, we’ll walk right in.



‘Cause now we’re the birds with the burning wings,

We touch the sun and feel no pain,

Our flight may be short but it will be beautiful,

And if we’re going down…

We’re going down in flames.



‘Cause now we’re the birds with the burning wings,

We touch the sun and feel no pain,

Our flight may be short but it will be beautiful,

And if we’re going down…

We’re going down in flames.



And if we’re going down…

We’re going down in flames.

credits

released May 22, 2022
Songwriter - Melanie Bainbridge (backing vocals)
Co-writers:
Harry Deluxe (lead vocals)
Al James (guitar)
Gregory Brenton (drums)
John Wilson (bass)

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Mama Red & the Dark Blues Perth, Australia

Mama Red & the Dark Blues will take listeners on a musical journey to Hades via Lost Love Canyon, Near Miss Alley and Shotgun Street – and bring them out feeling like they’ve ridden a thousand miles on a horse named Sorrow, but lived to tell the tale.

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