There's poison in my drinking glass, don't stop just sip it down
and in a swirling masquerade of style my body hits the ground
I'm beautiful when I'm asleep
Martini kisses land on my blistered bloody scarlet lips;the bottle's in my hand

Burn out, not fade away [x6]
I'll speak in riddles so you can understand
I'll draw in pencil so you can trace with pen
So in love with me, like shaped you would be
I'll write both our names into the wet concrete

We're glistening like silver spoons, beneath the summer night
Oh, can you smell the subtle winter frost as the flowers start to pry
The autumn winds are bringing grapes to all the emerald trees
They're so beautiful and dead, just make the colors slowly bleed

Burn out, not fade away [x6]
I'll speak in riddles so you can understand
I'll draw in pencil so you can trace with pen
So in love with me, like shaped you would be
I'll write both our names into the wet concrete

The drug will fade away
(Burn out, not fade away) [x2]
The kiss that just struck me
(Burn out, not fade away) [x2]
And I say, with a serpent choking at the life until I'm dead
Burn out, not fade away
Burn out, not fade away
Burn out, not fade away
burn out, not fade AWAY!