[Intro] If you remember anything Remember this [Verse 1] The fire was never only fire It was hunger, reach, revolt, desire It was the first clear sign that night Could be negotiated by human light It was bread and bronze and books and song The nerve to say, “This world can change; hold on” It was every kid who looked at the old And asked one question too brave to fold It was every maker, every guide Every hand that refused to hide Every thinker who paid a price To bring one truth from dark to sight [Pre-Hook] A myth survives when it tells us more Than what happened once on a distant shore [Hook] That fire lives forever, pass it on From the dusk of the cave to the edge of dawn In every mind that dares to grow There’s an ancient ember in the glow That fire lives forever, bright and plain In every leap through grief and strain The gods may rage, the years may change But the forever flame remains [Verse 2] So if you’re building, if you’re trying If you’re asking while the old rules are sighing If you’re making art in a hard year’s cold If you’re telling truth when the room says fold If you’re choosing wonder over fear Then hear me clear: the spark is here Not owned by kings, not sealed by height It lives where courage meets insight And maybe that’s the final grace Not that I stole from a sacred place But that what I gave could multiply Till whole generations learned to light the sky [Bridge] You don’t need a mountain to know the cost You don’t need chains to know what’s lost You just need heart enough to tend The little bright thing you’re called to defend [Hook] That fire lives forever, pass it on From the dusk of the cave to the edge of dawn In every mind that dares to grow There’s an ancient ember in the glow That fire lives forever, bright and plain In every leap through grief and strain The gods may rage, the years may change But the forever flame remains [Outro] Prometheus never really left He split into a billion acts of courage And kept going
