[Verse 1] I left my coat on your chair Like I might come back there But the door had a crack And the air turned black Your last words in my throat Like a match to an old note I stood still in the frame Then I watched it take flame [Pre-Chorus] We were smoke in the hall Now it's all gone I can hear it fall In the silence after dawn [Chorus] I'm burning bridges One by one I'm burning bridges To the ones I loved If you want me now I'm already gone I'm burning bridges And I can't turn back on [Verse 2] Your picture on the shelf Didn't look like myself So I took it down slow Let the sharp edges go Every road that we knew Had your shadow in blue Now the river runs wide And it won't let me hide [Pre-Chorus] We were smoke in the hall Now it's all gone I can hear it fall In the silence after dawn [Chorus] I'm burning bridges One by one I'm burning bridges To the ones I loved If you want me now I'm already gone I'm burning bridges And I can't turn back on [Bridge] Let the embers say my name Let them write what I became I was holding the door Now I don't live there anymore No more ash on my hands No more waiting where I stand If the past wants my face It can meet me in the blaze [Final Chorus] I'm burning bridges One by one I'm burning bridges To the ones I loved If you want me now I'm already gone I'm burning bridges And I can't turn back on
