Let 'Em Burn

White picket fence A quiet street Faithful wife of fifteen years Mother of three I go to church I say my prayers But I have never felt the breath of God in there I followed every rule and played it safe And I built myself a beautiful cage The coffee's on The kids asleep This is the only time I feel like I can breathe I left last night I lock the door And cried myself to sleep On the bathroom floor Cause I lit a match and held it To my yearning And found out I was a house Already burning On the edge of something wild On the edge of something free On the edge of something reckless I get down on my knees If you don't recognize me When I come back around It's 'cause all the things I thought I'd be I let 'em all burn to the ground I let 'em burn I let 'em burn I never dreamed I'd start this war When I was young I was so innocent and sure I was afraid To be alone So I wrote every vow of loyalty in stone Is this the life I want for my own daughter Just trying to keep her head Above the water What if desire is a gift And not a sin What if this could be the start And not the end On the edge of something wild On the edge of something free On the edge of something reckless I get down on my knees If you don't recognize me When I come back around 'Cause all the things I thought I'd be Yes all the things I swore I'd be I let 'em all burn to the ground I let 'em burn I let 'em burn I let 'em burn Burn Burn