| 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 yeah
|
| Oh, what we lost in the fire |