Madness Songtext / Lyric

Madness

music by Elton John . lyrics by Gary Osborne
arranged by Paul Buckmaster
album A Single Man 1978


the fuse is set
and checked once more
then left beside
a back street door
and in the cold grey light
someone sees a shadow run through the night
and out of sight

they hide inside
a smoke filled room
to hear at last
the blast of doom
and so the deed is done
they listen to the final countdown begun
three
two
one

madness
it's a kind of madness
that turns good men bad
and we're helpless
caught up in the madness
of a world gone mad

the roar of fire
rings out on high
and flames light up
the black night sky
a child screams out in fear
a hopeless cry for help
but no one is near enough to hear

as walls collapse
and timbers flare
the smell of death
hangs in the air
when help at last arrives
they try to fight the flames
but nothing survives of all those lives

and it's madness
everytime a victim dies
there it's madness
burning in a blind man's eyes
and it's madness
hidden in the hate and pain
there is madness
burning in a wild man's brain

and it's madness
everytime the bullets start
there is madness
burning in a poor man's heart
and it's madness
something that we can't control
there is madness
burning in a madman's soul
madness

madness