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the avett brothers - the fire lyrics

[verse 1]
a young child sits quiet, the forest is dark
possibilities overflow his unbroken heart
i ask him well after the brush takes the spark
what do you see in the fire?
i see light within color and color in light
trophies i’ll take home and battles i’ll fight
a bright blue horizon with no pain in sight
i’ll be there and so will my parents and you’re invited too

[verse 2]
a life+sentence inmate in orange prisoner clothes
who’s been told his whole life that’s just how it goes
who came out swinging from poverty row
sits a bit close to the dangerous glow
what do ya see in the fire?
i see rich people laughin’ with food on their plates
and neighborhood bullies imprinted with hate
moms and dads screaming at each other insane
and hard grey redemption a little too late
and i see myself as i might’ve been
i’m handsome, and capable, and funny

[verse 3]
a young woman in college entranced by the flames is pondering silent how perfectly strange
a girl could be called by so many names and not one be the one she was given
what do you see in the fire?
i see myself in the mirror, not pretty enough
and digital images reducing love
my roommate enslaved by expectations above
and then i see the face of my mother

[verse 4]
a first year preacher stands on his feet
his love for man kind is true and complete
while the frigid wind blows through the trees
i ask as he leans away from the heat
“what do you see in the fire?”
i see swirling confusion, question, and loss
and i know all about christ and the cross
but i cannot explain the holocaust
i stuttered when a young man asked me to
i just couldn’t find the words

[verse 5]
a woman of ninety with wisdom in spades
her mind still as sharp as her kitchen blades
i ask as her memory nonetheless fades
“what do you see in the fire?”
i see the touch of my husband who recently passed
our hometown before the roads got so fast
and i see it now in an impatient blur
and i see how in love we were
i see the good lord offering mercy
i see the good lord offering mercy
i see the good lord offering mercy

[verse 6]
someone i care for, she sits by my side
i can feel the past and the future collide
she leans in and whispers, “don’t think, just decide”
what do you see in the fire?
i see the faces of my victims whose hearts i once broke
calm and alive in the curling smoke
all i can do is sit here and hope
they may find a way to forgive me

[outro]
there’s something unspoken there in your eyes
a pain or a love i don’t recognize
i better ask you now before it dies
what do you see in the fire?

- the avett brothers lyrics

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