Sometimes life can be so damn cold   When the verdicts in   The streets were alive   The night falling down around   On the prowl again   Catlike moves   The pain betrays the smile   Delicate and sad   A rage of tears subsides   Reality fades into the mask   Then the hunger takes control   Once the hunted in for the kill      No one came, no one saw   On the night that Venice Burned   Tortured souls, they set the sky alight   And don't ever say a word   Familiar hands fanned the flames   That would burn baptismal tears   Where to go it's all come down      Only silence   Venice Burned   Only silence   Venice Burned      In the shadows   In the face of trust   In a piercing blow   Spills the soul of an innocent heart      no one came, no one saw   On the night that Venice Burned      Embers glow and eyes soon fade   And the circle starts again   So set them up, knock them down   As the smoke begins to rise   Where to go, it's all come down      Only silence   Venice burned   Only silence   Venice burned      Darkened room   Late at night   I slip in nice and quiet   I feel the cold   Dark secrets here unfold   Where that cat digs it's claws   At the alter of scars   I taste the cold   The shrine of a twisted soul   Lost my will when I saw   Vengeance on the wall      No one came, no one saw   On the night that Venice Burned      Innocence reduced to filth   That can never wasy away   So stoke the flames   Bare the flesh   Let the branding leave it's mark   The spark of youth   Engulfed and smothered out      Only ashes   Venice Burned   Only ashes   Venice Burned      I must I've got to hold   I'm holding on      Watching Venice Burning   Watching Venice Burning   Watching Venice Burning   Watching Venice Burning