IT’S THE RETURN OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND SHREDDIN’ THIS STAGE SINCE WAY BACK WHEN SUNLIGHT FILTERS THROUGH THE DUST FLIP A SWITCH THE MARQUEE HUMS GLOWING LIKE LIGHT YEARS BURNING ON WHAT REMAINS OF WHAT ONCE WAS A FADED DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH THE ROOM WAS HARDLY BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD ALL WE WOULD BECOME IF WE JUST DUG DEEP ENOUGH FADING PHOTOS ON THE WALL ONE DAY WE’D REPLACE THEM ALL TINY MOMENTS TRAPPED IN GLASS OUR BURNING STARS WOULD SOON SURPASS THE EARLY DAYS SEEMED WITHOUT END UNTIL THE NIGHTS BEGAN TO BLEND FOREVER JUST AROUND THE BEND THE EXIT TO THE PROMISED LAND THEY SAY IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO US OLD RECORDS COVERED IN DUST I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN I’M WATCHING RERUNS OF MY LIFE EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT UNDER NEON LIGHTS THE FEEDBACK CYCLE NEVER DIES FRIENDS PASS THROUGH THEN THEY MOVE ON FACES COME AND GO, THE BAND PLAYS ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON SOME BIRDS HAVE WINGS BUT CANNOT FLY STUCK IN THE SHALLOWS TILL THEY DIE THEY’RE TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS THE SHOW GOES ON FOR ONE MORE NIGHT IT’S THE RETURN OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND WHATEVER REMAINS OF WHATEVER THIS IS IT’S THE RETURN OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND THE SHOW GOES ON FOR ONE MORE NIGHT SLAVES TO THE STAGE UNTIL WE DIE THE SHOW GOES ON TILL THE END OF TIME PLUG IN, BREATHE OUT, AND KILL THE LIGHTS WHAT KEEPS US CHAINED KEEPS US ALIVE EVERY NIGHT’S A SUMMER NIGHT HERE WADING IN THE BAY THE OCEAN BREEZE HEAVY WITH SEA

LAST CALL, THEY’RE TURNING ON THE HOUSE LIGHTS. BUT NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE. EXILED INTO THE ENDLESS NIGHT TIME. A WORLD TOO DARK TO SEE. SPRAWLED OUT ON THE BEACH WE’LL GAZE AT STARS A MILLION MILES AWAY, SLOWLY SUFFERING THE SMALLNESS OF OUR FATES. BUT WE COULD HIT THE HIGHWAY, HEAD WEST WITH THE RISING SUN. FIND SOME BETTER PLACE TO BE EVERYTHING WE WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BECOME. WE’LL RIP THE ROAD TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF AND SPARKS TURN INTO SMOKE. SHED OUR SMOLDERING SKIN, FINALLY EXPOSED. NOT EVERY PROMISE MADE DELIVERS US INTO THE PROMISED LAND. SHRED THROUGH YOUR SEA OF SALTY TEARS WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND. IF THIS IS ALL THERE IS, I’M DRINKING EVERY DROP UNTIL I’M DEAD. SERVING LIFE IN PARADISE WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND. TO HELL WITH EVERY FEAR THAT HELD US BACK FROM DREAMS WE NEVER LIVED. SHRED ‘EM INTO OBLIVION WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND. AND FOR ALL THE HOPES WE CLING TO IN OUR BLEEDING TORN UP HANDS, LET ‘EM TAKE FLIGHT ON THE WINGS OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND. DON’T SINK INTO THE SEA OF ALL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN. FLOAT FOREVER AS THE SETTING SUN DESCENDS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHO WILL EVEN CARE? WE’LL SEE YOU THERE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SANDS OF TIME, WE’LL SEE YOU THERE. AIR THICK WITH SALT WHEN WE INHALE FROM THE BAR THE BAND PLAYS SONGS WE FIRST HEARD LONG AGO THEIR GHOSTLY ECHOES WHISPER WHAT REMAINS OF DREAMS WE USED TO KNOW THEY’LL FADE INTO THE BLACK WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND IF WE LET THIS MOMENT LAST A LIFETIME HOW MANY LIVES WILL PASS US BY?