[Verse 1] Bare feet on a cracked dirt road Hand-me-down cloak Sleeves too long Stomach growling louder than my pride Still I yelled at the sky "Someday I'll scorch you" Tiny hut Moon drip on the floorboards Dreams too loud For a village that small A shadow split the night Red rings in her eyes One spell One breath Turned fear into sky She smiled once Said “remember this sound” I carved that thunder Straight into my vows [Pre-Chorus] I still hear it in my bones "Choose your star Make it your own" If it burns me to the ground I still want that sound [Chorus] Explosion Just once a day I’ll tear the world open One spell One shot My heart wide broken If it burns me out I’ll still scream the name Explosion Laugh while I fall face-first in the clover Carry me home when my strength is over If I only shine once I’m still a crimson flame [Verse 2] Schoolyard desks with splintered legs They said "Learn something else" But my notes were all in scorched red ink Every margin filled with Radius Recoil Ruin Crimson crest Scribbled on my old staff Classmates laughed “At it again? Just that?” “Why learn less When I can learn it biggest?” Library walls Shook when I whispered it Rag soup nights Thin as air Promising rocks like they were gems To my little sister by the fire "Someday this empty bowl Will glow like the sky" [Chorus] Explosion Just once a day I’ll tear the world open One spell One shot My heart wide broken If it burns me out I’ll still scream the name Explosion Laugh while I fall face-first in the clover Carry me home when my strength is over If I only shine once I’m still a crimson flame [Verse 3] First job First boom Whole quest went off the rails Face-first in the dust Kazuma griping Counting fails Darkness wants more damage Aqua lost all the pay Me? I'm smiling in the crater Like "We did great today" (oh yeah!) [Pre-Chorus] Can't move So he lifts me Princess carry Shaky knees "You're a total liability" But his hands never leave [Bridge] I thought I'd walk alone forever Chasing craters Chasing light Now we’re laughing in the wreckage Sharing bruises Sharing nights If I burn out all at once For these idiots I adore Then one small Stubborn Archwizard Becomes something more [Chorus] Explosion Just once a day I’ll tear the world open One spell One shot My heart wide broken If it burns me out I’ll still scream the name Explosion Laugh while I fall face-first in the clover Carry me home when my strength is over If I only shine once [Bridge] [low vocal register] I’m the one-trick girl They all roll their eyes But when the world tilts wrong Who do they stand behind? [whispered vocals] Count it down Three… two… one… [crescendo] For the starving kid I was For the trembling mage I met For the family I tripped into I light the fuse again
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