He draws out, the cigarette smoke trail spins//
Thoughts crowd the room, till its only him//
He feels it, he lives for it//
Spent half a life pushing it forward, what he wouldn't give for it//
Saw naysayers put in their places//
Feel like he's scaling the foothills of greatness//
Holding all four aces, he braced//
For the next few years being some for the ages//
No time to heed, pride come before the fall//
For now he shines, all rose, no thorn//
Full bloom, like his plan fool proof//
High noon sun beaming, spoke to soon//
The dark clouds scream towards his door//
And a house of cards, it cant stand in the storm//
Wind picked up, sunshine stopped//
The world came down with the very first drop
Light me up, like a cigarette//
And just let me burn, catch fire, and burn, and catch fire//
Light a spark, and ignite it in the dark//
So when im no more theyl know i was here before, so just let me burn//
He still gunning, beaten but refused to be broken//
What some call delusional others call focus//
Nah he focussed, came back for the re up//
Nows not the time to kick back with his feet up//
Stands in the rain with his face to the heavens//
And his arms outstretched from the pain that he let in//
World keep kicking hard, aint gonna get him//
He's willing to fight and die for the path that he heads in//
And thats a bittersweet faith//
Knowing high and lows will come boy but them's the breaks//
Its pride, its madness, its seeing what others can only imagine//
And then reaching out to grab it//
Saying "i can say that whatever comes happens//
But i followed my heart my goddamn it"//
Exposing reality to magic//
Its hope, and thats all it is, he walked through fire and its all he came back with, saying//
Light me up, like a cigarette//
And just let me burn, catch fire, and burn, and catch fire//
Light a spark, and ignite it in the dark//
So when im no more theyl know i was here before, so just let me burn//
Come what may, some memories fade//
But some stay as vivid as the moment they were made//
Dreams of the days where he stood like a mountain//
Its been a while since then but who's counting//
He lies awake, lies in wait, for the light of the morning to bless him, and shine again//
Summon the rise of the fallen//
Laces tied, comeback trail still walking//
Lives for it, lifetime on the mish for it//
Man, there aint a thing he didn't give for it//
But make a bet till his last sun sets//
Hel be pushing for the light, matey aint done yet//
Head held high slow danced through his hell//
Still a point there he gotta prove to himself//
And, the beat drops, same songs on next//
So he sparks up a cigarette, takes a deep breath//
Light me up, like a cigarette//
And just let me burn, catch fire, and burn, and catch fire//
Light a spark, and ignite it in the dark//
So when im no more theyl know i was here before, so just let me burn//