Lyrics
Door’s still open I’m still moving Smoke on the rafters, red in the grain Cold on the knuckles, calm in the pain Night tried to name me, nail me inside I kept one match and a look in my eye Dust in the denim, blood in the seam Whole lotta wreckage, none of it me Bent but not buried, scarred but alert I learned how to carry the fire without burnin’ to dirt Let the walls fall back Let the black wind turn I didn’t come this far To leave here learnin’ fear Walk out burning Walk out burning I don’t need a clean road, I just need it open Walk out burning Ash on my boots and a light that’s earned No silver halo, just a hard world turned If it took my peace, then it gave me nerve Walk out burning Steel in the sunrise, rust in the prayer Rain on the hood, but the heat’s still there No big salvation, no white flag wave Just a man and a voice and the truth he saved Crack in the mirror, gold in the bruise I lost what could leave me, kept what could choose Long dark behind me, live spark beneath I got a little more mercy now, and a lot more teeth Hear that floor go still Hear that old flame breathe I don’t leave this place Less than what I mean Walk out burning Walk out burning I don’t need a clean road, I just need it open Walk out burning Ash on my boots and a light that’s earned No silver halo, just a hard world turned If it took my peace, then it gave me nerve Walk out burning I quit askin’ for a softer ending Quit askin’ the dark to explain itself If the fire was the price of becoming Then I paid it full and I kept myself Walk out burning Walk out burning I don’t need a clean road, I just need it open Walk out burning Ash on my boots and a light that’s earned No silver halo, just a hard world turned If it took my peace, then it gave me nerve Walk out burning Still hot Still whole Walk out burning
Lyrics
Door’s still open I’m still moving Smoke on the rafters, red in the grain Cold on the knuckles, calm in the pain Night tried to name me, nail me inside I kept one match and a look in my eye Dust in the denim, blood in the seam Whole lotta wreckage, none of it me Bent but not buried, scarred but alert I learned how to carry the fire without burnin’ to dirt Let the walls fall back Let the black wind turn I didn’t come this far To leave here learnin’ fear Walk out burning Walk out burning I don’t need a clean road, I just need it open Walk out burning Ash on my boots and a light that’s earned No silver halo, just a hard world turned If it took my peace, then it gave me nerve Walk out burning Steel in the sunrise, rust in the prayer Rain on the hood, but the heat’s still there No big salvation, no white flag wave Just a man and a voice and the truth he saved Crack in the mirror, gold in the bruise I lost what could leave me, kept what could choose Long dark behind me, live spark beneath I got a little more mercy now, and a lot more teeth Hear that floor go still Hear that old flame breathe I don’t leave this place Less than what I mean Walk out burning Walk out burning I don’t need a clean road, I just need it open Walk out burning Ash on my boots and a light that’s earned No silver halo, just a hard world turned If it took my peace, then it gave me nerve Walk out burning I quit askin’ for a softer ending Quit askin’ the dark to explain itself If the fire was the price of becoming Then I paid it full and I kept myself Walk out burning Walk out burning I don’t need a clean road, I just need it open Walk out burning Ash on my boots and a light that’s earned No silver halo, just a hard world turned If it took my peace, then it gave me nerve Walk out burning Still hot Still whole Walk out burning