[Intro] Stay wide Stay small Feet on the ground [Verse 1] Hood River lights in the hotel glass Ice melting down in my hand My uncle laughed from the corner booth Said firewalking’s just a scam Three teachers talked on the grass outside Each one certain, each one loud One said science, one said mind One said only God allows [Pre-Chorus] I heard them all I let them pass Like traffic on the road below [Chorus] I say it is the doing The step no words can take The bare sole on the earth The breath before the flame Fear in the body Purpose in the bone When the self comes together It walks through fire alone [Verse 2] The ridges watched from across the dusk Same old spine of the PCT Five weeks walking after college Still walking somewhere inside me Everest waits for muscle and rope For lungs that will not quit But one step into living coals Asks something else of it [Pre-Chorus] Not mind over matter Not heaven keeping score Not small facts laid like blankets Over what the fire is for [Chorus] I say it is the doing The step no words can take The bare sole on the earth The breath before the flame Fear in the body Purpose in the bone When the self comes together It walks through fire alone [Bridge] It burns I know it burns I have seen what heat can do So I do not lie to the fire And I do not lie to you I loosen my hands I lower my breath I stop trying to win The noise falls off The night holds still And something gathers in [Final Chorus] I say it is the doing The place where talk gives way The coal bed breathing orange The first foot finding faith Fear in the body Purpose in the bone When the self comes together It does not walk alone [Outro] Stay wide Stay small Feet on the ground The fire was fire The step was mine And no one made a sound
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