THE FIRE I KEEP [Intro – Soft Piano and Distant Electric Guitar] There's a road behind me There's a road ahead And a thousand things I never said [Verse 1] I used to chase the morning Like it owed me something new I had a head full of ideas And a hundred dreams to do Somewhere in the passing years The world grew hard and strange But deep inside this restless heart Something never changed [Pre-Chorus] I've been waiting for a sign I've been searching for a reason Now I'm done with asking why I'm alive and it's my season [Chorus – Powerful Rock Vocals] There's a fire I keep Burning underneath Through the darkest nights It belongs to me Let the wild wind rise Let the heavens shake I have lived, I have loved I have more to make There's a fire I keep And it won't surrender me [Verse 2] I've known the kind of silence That can fill an empty room I've watched the days roll past me Like a train I couldn't move But there's laughter in the kitchen There's a cat curled by my side And the smallest things can give you One more reason to try [Pre-Chorus] I don't need a perfect life I don't need to have the answers There's a spark behind my eyes And it grows a little brighter [Chorus – Full Band] There's a fire I keep Burning underneath Through the darkest nights It belongs to me Let the wild wind rise Let the heavens shake I have lived, I have loved I have more to make There's a fire I keep And it won't surrender me [Instrumental – Electric Guitar Solo] [Bridge – Quiet and Emotional] Maybe I was never meant To walk a straight and easy line Maybe all these crooked roads Were always going to be mine I have stories left to tell I have songs inside my soul And though I cannot change the past I can choose where I will go [Build-Up – Drums and Guitars Rising] Oh, turn it up! Let the night come alive! I've got a little more left And I'm ready to try! [Final Chorus – Huge Rock Anthem] There's a fire I KEEP! Burning underneath! You can hear it in my voice You can feel it when I breathe! Let the wild wind rise! Let the whole world shake! I have lived, I have loved AND I'VE GOT MORE TO MAKE! There's a fire I keep! A flame nobody sees! Through the years, through the tears It has carried me! [Outro – Raspy Vocals and Soaring Guitar] A little hope A little light A thousand dreams Still burning bright There's a fire... There's a fire I keep!
