(Verse 1) I was born in a house with a broken door Where the wind came through and the wolves would roar They said I was evil, they said I was wrong But I was just a girl with a dangerous song They tied me to a promise I never made And they lit the match, and they watched me fade But the fire didn't kill me — it just changed my name Now I'm walking through the ashes, and I'm still the same (Chorus) And I run, and I run, but I never get away From the smoke in my lungs, from the debt I gotta pay And I love, and I love, but I always lose the one Who remembers my face when the burning is done Oh, the road is long, and the night is cold And I'm carrying a heart that's a thousand years old But I'll keep on singing till the fire goes down On this burning road, on this burning road (Verse 2) I've been a daughter, I've been a wife I've been a stranger in a hundred different lives I've slept in the ditches, I've danced in the rain And I wake up every morning with the same old pain I've been to the river, I've been to the grave I've begged for forgiveness from the ones I couldn't save But the sky doesn't answer, and the ground doesn't care So I keep on moving — it's the only prayer I've got to share (Chorus) And I run, and I run, but I never get away From the smoke in my lungs, from the debt I gotta pay And I love, and I love, but I always lose the one Who remembers my face when the burning is done Oh, the road is long, and the night is cold And I'm carrying a heart that's a thousand years old But I'll keep on singing till the fire goes down On this burning road, on this burning road (Bridge) There's a man with the eyes of a winter's night He knows my soul, he knows my fight He's been there before, he'll be there again The beginning, the end, and everything in between He don't try to save me, he don't try to stay He just holds my hand when I start to fray And I don't remember, but I know his touch And it's the only thing that I've ever wanted this much (Verse 3) So I'll keep on burning, I'll keep on driving Through the dark, through the doubt, through the dying And maybe one day the road will end And I'll finally stop running from the fire within Maybe one day I'll remember his name And the smoke will clear, and I'll stop playing the game And we'll sit by the water, and we'll watch it burn down All the years, all the tears, all the lost and found (Outro) On this burning road... On this burning road... I'll keep on singing... Till the fire goes down.
