Burnt

I said I’d learn,

but I never do.

The Fire always looks better

in someone new.

(drum fill → guitars hit)

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Verse 1

I want to say that I have learnt

The things I should be wary of.

I often claim I’ve not been burnt

Just a little singed by love.

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Pre-Chorus

You’d think I’d quit the game by now,

But I just can’t forget the sound.

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Chorus

Light me up, I’ll never learn,

Watch me flicker, watch me burn.

Every scar’s another turn,

Yeah, I’ve been singed… not burnt.

Call it pain or call it art,

I keep feeding flames my heart.

Every time, I crash and yearn

Still I burn.

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Verse 2

And still I think, though I have lost

A life or two to my desires,

I’ll dive back in despite the cost,

And perish countless times by fire.

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Pre-Chorus

I swore I’d douse this spark in me,

But love keeps striking endlessly.

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Chorus

Light me up, I’ll never learn,

Watch me flicker, watch me burn.

Every scar’s another turn,

Yeah, I’ve been singed, not burnt.

Call it pain or call it art,

I keep feeding flames my heart.

Every time, I crash and yearn,

Still I burn.

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Bridge (chanted / shouted)

Touch the heat,

feel it bite!

I’m alive when it ignites!

Fall apart, fall again,

The pain is how I

find my skin!

(guitars break → snare hits back into final chorus)

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Final Chorus (explosive)

Light me up, I’ll never learn,

Watch me flicker, watch me burn.

Every scar’s another turn,

Yeah, I’ve been singed, not burnt.

Call it pain or call it art,

I keep feeding flames my heart.

Every time, I crash and yearn,

Still I burn.

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It’s never the fire that kills me.

It’s the waiting in the dark