Burn

The show was out and the crowd was gone

And in the backstage alley

I came across a broken man

There in hell's own galley

He grabbed my hand, said: Listen, please

You see, my time is fading

Long ago and far away

I used to hold them waiting

The flames reached for the sky

I heard the masses cry: More, more

He told me of his life

But time had passed him by

Then and there I knew it was my turn to burn

Burnin' in my eyes, burnin' in my soul

Reachin' for the sky, but never lettin' go

Burnin' in my eyes, burnin' in my soul

Then and there I knew it was my turn to burn

Lost in the scene of neon dreams

I listened to his story

Among the bins of thrown-out sins

He spoke of his lost glory

He dared the gods and played the odds

Each night he'd take them higher

Out of their cage, onto the stage

To walk within the fire

The flames reached for the sky

I heard the masses cry: More, more

He told me of his life

But time had passed him by

Then and there I knew it was my turn to burn

Burnin' in my eyes, burnin' in my soul

Reachin' for the sky, but never lettin' go

Burnin' in my eyes, burnin' in my soul

Then and there I knew it was my turn to burn

He closed his eyes as if to cry

I turned to see him leaving

And with his wine, this ghost in time

Slipped back into the evening

And at my feet, there in the street

Its chrome all scratched and gleaming

Was his guitar, complete with scars

And in my ears the screaming

The flames reached for the sky

I heard the masses cry: More, more

He told me of his life

But time had passed him by

Then and there I knew it was my turn to burn

Burnin' in my eyes, burnin' in my soul

Reachin' for the sky, but never lettin' go

Burnin' in my eyes, burnin' in my soul

Reachin' for the sky, never lettin' go

Burnin' in my eyes, burnin' in my soul

Reachin' for the sky, never lettin' go

Then and there I knew it was my turn to burn