Thursday night, I caught Toadies live for the second time (not counting Vaden Todd Lewis regularly throwing a catalog bone while appearing in Burden Brothers.) Not a band that amounted to much beyond "Possum Kingdom" nationwide, but their album "Rubberneck" is a hallowed institution in our home state, still receiving AOR play a dozen years on. Like "the Osprey," Ostrander and Mandrake offered up a seemingly important new addition to the J'Onn J'Onzz Rogues Gallery in cameo, but never actually paid it off. I can take advantage of that to pay tribute to a favorite.
"I Burn"
Driftin' upward, Gently lifting
Lazy on the wind
Rollin' over, Turnin' slowly
Beginning and the end
Fire is bright, Fire is clean
Never so alive
Smoke is freedom, Flame is mercy
I am free tonight
And I burn... I burn
Stoke the embers, Cleanse the spirit
A prayer in every spark
Feel the lick of, Bad religion
The finish and the start
In the beginning, We were smarter
'n flame was heaven-sent
Through the ages, We got stupid
Now we must repent
And I burn... I burn
Save the ashes, For reminders
Stony things remain
Tooth and bone, unimpressive
I have left these things
Because fire is bright, Fire is clean
efficient and divine
Tooth and bone, Charms and dolls
I am free tonight
I BURN... THE AIR... YOU BREATHE
I BURN... THE AIR... YOU BREATHE
I BURN... THE AIR... YOU BREATHE
I burn
I burn
I burn
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