What We Lost In The Fire

I lit a match today

I watched it burn away

All that I had, all that I've owned

All that I've wanted, all that I've known

I can rebuild bigger and higher

I can replace what I lost in the fire

I lit a match today

I watched it blow away

Yeah, they're investigating

Sift through the mire

To determine the cause of this beautiful fire

Let 'em speculate to their hearts desire

This wasn't arson it's a funeral pyre

Let it all burn up to the sky

There is a freedom you cannot deny

I can rebuild, bigger and higher

I can replace what I lost in the fire

See the parade fall in line

Yeah, look at the diamonds in their eyes

Not just from the riches, nor from the gold

But from all of the sparkles that they found in the coal

Let them feel the warmth of their newfound desire

As they dance through the ashes of what they lost in the fire

Let it burn up to the sky

There is a freedom you cannot deny

I can rebuild bigger and higher

I can replace what we lost in the fire

Ash in the candle, fortune in toll

Blissful indulgence as the future unfolds

The reed and the shaft will all burn away

With insurgence and splendor, listen as we say

(Let it all burn, up to the sky)

There is a freedom that won't be denied

I can rebuild bigger and higher

I can replace what we lost in the fire

Oh, what we lost in the fire

Oh, what we lost in the fire

Say, say