Verse 1 Clocked in before the sunrise Left when the moon was gone Built somebody else's kingdom Brick by brick, year by year, all along Coffee stains and promises Stacked up on my desk like stone Everybody loved the work I did Nobody noticed I was gone Pre-Chorus I kept saying "one more deadline" One more mountain left to climb But every spark I swallowed down Was collecting over time Chorus Then I burned like a Roman candle Lit the night and split the sky Everybody stopped and stared When the quiet man caught fire Burned through every expectation Every chain they wrapped around my soul I was paper in the furnace Till the flames took back control Yeah, I burned like a Roman candle For a moment I was whole Verse 2 Walking through the city streets While the crowd just passed me by Everybody busy looking down Nobody looked me in the eye Suit made out of folded worries Heart made out of gasoline One small spark inside my chest Turned into something unforeseen Pre-Chorus Every "yes" I never meant Every dream I put on hold Every piece of who I was Became another thing they sold Chorus Then I burned like a Roman candle Lit the night and split the sky Everybody stopped and stared When the quiet man caught fire Burned through every expectation Every chain they wrapped around my soul I was paper in the furnace Till the flames took back control Bridge The fire wasn't anger The fire wasn't hate The fire was every warning sign I learned to tolerate The paper man kept walking While the world looked the other way Till the weight of all those yesterdays Ignited into today Sometimes the flame is freedom Sometimes the flame is grief Sometimes the thing that breaks you Is the thing that brings relief Final Chorus I burned like a Roman candle Bright enough to scar the dark Not a victim of the fire I became the spark Now the ashes tell the story Of a life that cost too much And the man who burned to nothing Finally stayed in touch Yeah, I burned like a Roman candle But I lit the whole sky up I lit the whole sky up...
