The Ruin And The Rising

[Verse 1]

That night I lit the match myself

Watched the barn come down in amber waves

Every board a promise that my daddy built

Every flame a secret that I couldn't save

Smoke rolled up like thunder through the pines

I stood there with my boots sunk in the clay

Something in me burning while the whole world turned to coal

And I whispered what I couldn't say

[Pre-Chorus]

Fire takes and fire gives

Fire ends and fire lives

[Chorus]

It burns the fields down

Then it warms the hands

It breaks the family tree

Then it lights the land

Can't hold it can't tame it

Can't run from what it makes

The ruin and the rising

Same damn flame

[Verse 2]

Remember summer lightning on the ridge

Sparks that chased the dark across the sky

Mother said don't stare too long

It'll leave a mark inside your eye

We sat around the campfire after harvest

Trading stories till the morning came

I saw her smile flicker in the orange glow

And I swear I loved her just the same

[Pre-Chorus]

Fire takes and fire gives

Fire ends and fire lives

[Chorus]

It burns the fields down

Then it warms the hands

It breaks the family tree

Then it lights the land

Can't hold it can't tame it

Can't run from what it makes

The ruin and the rising

Same damn flame

[Bridge]

Purify the sorrow

Ignite the new day

Ash becomes the soil

Cold becomes the clay

What you torch in anger

God can make grow green

Nothing dies forever

In the burn you're clean

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

It burns the fields down

Then it warms the hands

It breaks the family tree

Then it lights the land

Can't hold it can't tame it

Can't run from what it makes

The ruin and the rising

Same damn flame

[Outro]

Same damn flame

Same damn flame

Burns and heals

Burns and heals