Girl on Fire

I grew up poor but with a mother who was made of steel So many battles that I've had now I'm still trying to heal The food stamps as a kid you know that they were real But I guess that I was lucky because I never missed a meal From a tiny town of 1,800 living in Hippie Ville I loved my childhood wild living in the hills I tried my best to always pull my weight With my Irish Catholic conscience it is always a heavy state of... Mind it's open, I will try to be kind Until you press my buttons, then you'll want to press rewind I'm analyzing every time I have a state of mind I'll try to keep it real down to earth everything is just fine It's time to let it go and time to grow And time to grow it up and realize that Every breath I take and every day I wake to try to be Alive in every way let go of the mistakes Like it's the best day of your life I'll live like a girl on fire My dreams are full of desire I stay awake at night praying I can take flight Yeah, Now I'm going to get higher Make the angels conspire I'll find the light of day to make the pain go away The first time I got paid I realized I had found my way That I would work as hard as my mind body and soul could take When I'm singing up on stage it's my great escape Bringing the lyrics to you with all and everything I can take My days keep me up at night as I try to fight this fight I hold faith in my scars I know I will take flight Over the hills into the stars and make it to new heights When all you see for days is nothing but a blue sky I'm born again lost again only to be found again At the end of the day I'm still counting all of my sins They say it's about the journey, not about the big win But let's not pretend it's over before you ever begin It's time to let it go and time to grow and Time to grow it up and realize that Every breath I take and every day I wake to try to be Alive in every way let go of the mistakes like it's The best day of your life I'll live like a girl on fire My dreams are full of desire I stay awake at night praying I can take flight Yeah, Now I'm going to get higher Make the angels conspire I'll find the light of day to make the pain go away I tell myself that I won't let these days just slip away Numb my mind and my body and I'll just ride that wave I'm always fighting my demons they have so much to say With all the lows that I've had, I won't let my heart break I've got one lifetime but I wish that I could live for two When I wake up there's so many things that I want to do The first half of my life was just way too subdued I swallowed my feelings and I locked up my truths But then I came home to the West Coast of A And Cali is for you if you want to create And home is not home once you've gone away I'm searching for the memories that have been lost in the fray It's time to let it go and time to grow and Time to grow it up and realize that Every breath I take and every day I wake to try to be Alive in every way let go of the mistakes like it's The best day of your life I'll live like a girl on fire My dreams are full of desire I stay awake at night praying I can take flight Yeah, Now I'm going to get higher Make the angels conspire I'll find the light of day to make the pain go away