Then Let It Burn

( ) ) ( ( .-""-. / \ / /\ \ /__/ \__\ 🔥🔥 Well... I've spent enough years thinking I knew Which way the morning ought to move. I built my house on what I knew, Called myself good when I made it through. Kept both hands hard upon the wheel, As if it's my hands that make it real. But every man I've ever known Has lost something he called his own. And every kingdom, fence, and name Will all be burned away someday. So I—I won't tell the sky what to do, I barely know what's false from true. But something's coming, sure as rain, And none of us will leave unchanged. If it all comes down, then let it burn, Everything I kept that wasn't worth The years I gave, worked till I bled, Trying to drag tomorrow where I said. But it's all false, it's all vain. The only certain thing is more pain. And I—I don't need to understand, Just leave enough strength in these two hands To reach for yours when the walls come down. Whatever remains, we'll carry it out. I've seen good men get mean with pain, Then swear their anger wore a righteous name. I've done enough of that myself, Put judgment high upon the shelf. Maybe the hardest thing to lose Is thinking it was all mine to choose. Maybe it all needs burning away, 'Cause I never would've left another way. If it all comes down, then let it burn, Everything I kept that wasn't worth The years I gave, worked till I bled, Trying to drag tomorrow where I said. And I—I don't need to understand, Just leave enough strength in these two hands To reach for yours when the walls come down. Whatever remains, we'll carry each other out. But Lord... If everything I've built must go... Don't let me lose the ones I love. Burn my pride, burn what I know, Burn every place I was frightened to let go. Take what I built, take what I was, Just leave me my love, Lord, leave me my love. I thought being strong meant standing still, Taking every blow and always will. But what good is surviving through If I come out with no room for you? I'm scared as hell of what may come. I'm more afraid of what I might become. So if there's one thing I can save, Teach these hands to give, not take. Oh, I—I can hear them calling now, Not from somewhere past the clouds. They're beside me, face to face, Every tired heart saying, "You've still got a place." Ah—ah—ahhh... Ah—ah—AHHH... And I—I know what gets us through: Not what I kept, but what I gave to you. If tomorrow asks for everything, My love, don't let go of me! AH—AH—AHHH! I—I thought I stood alone! AH—AH—AHHH! But it was you making my home! AH—AH—AHHH! I—I can finally see What was waiting here for me! Burn my pride! Burn what I've earned! Burn every lesson I never learned! Burn what I wanted! Burn what I was! Just leave me my love... Ahhhhh... That's enough. 🔥 HEY! THEN LET IT BURN! WE'LL STILL BE HERE! Not without hurt, not without fear! Take every title, take every crown, BURN THAT TO THE GROUND! AH—AH—AHHH! AH—AH—AHHH! And I—I will carry you! WE'LL CARRY YOU! And you—you carry me! WE'LL CARRY YOU! Whatever comes, whatever's due, I'll meet that day standing next to you! Ah—ah—AHHH! Ah—ah—AHHH! I don't know what tomorrow intends, But I know damn well how this one ends: If everything we know must go... WE'LL STILL HAVE SOMEONE LEFT TO LOVE! AHHHHH—AHHHHH—AHHHHH! Maybe that's what we were meant to keep. We might burn... But the fire inside'll burn all the hotter. 🔥