Grapevine Fires
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs (2008)

When the wind picked up, the fire spread, and the grapevine seemed left for dead
In the northern sky, like the end of days, the end of days...
The wake-up call to a rented room sounded like an alarm of impending doom
To warn us it's only a matter of time before we open...
Before we open, before we open, before we open...

We bought some wine and some paper cups, neared your daughter's school and we picked her up
And drove to a cemetery on a hill, on a hill...
And we watched the plumes paint the sky grey, while she laughed and danced through the field of graves
There I knew we'd be alright, that everything would be alright...
Would be alright, would be alright, would be alright...

And the news reports on the radio said it was getting worse as the ocean air fanned the flames
But I couldn't think of anywhere I would've rather been to watch it all burn away...
To burn away...

The firemen worked in double shifts, with prayers for rain on their lips
They knew it was only a matter of time...