Burn It Out

You know the secrets that live in fire

What is the promise that flames inspire?

Can you just burn it out?

Shadows and memories that won't stay put

Can you redact them with ash and soot?

Can you just burn it out?

Can you just burn it out?

So thoroughly you'll never see

A trace of yourself in the spark

Can you just burn it out

Till it's dark?

Ghostly intruders who storm the moat

Black-booted looters lay knife to throat

Can you just burn that out?

All of the shame that was yours to bear

Will it ignite like a signal flare

Can you just burn it out?

Can you just burn it out?

So thoroughly you'll never see

A person who once had a name

Can you just burn it out

With a flame?

Spirits and specters that live in the sulphur streams

Find their redemption in charcoal dreams

Can you just burn it out?

So thoroughly you'll never see

A trace of yourself in the coal

Can you just burn it out

Of your soul?