[Verse 1]
I look up at the dark sky
Like a phoenix about to fall
Ash on my sleeves
Hands shaking
From trying to have it all

Tires hum on an empty highway

If I burn
If I fade
Did I matter at all?

[Chorus]
If I burn out now
Will I rise at all?
I’m a phoenix about to fall
Caught between the ground
And a higher call
I’m a phoenix about to fall
About to fall

[Verse 2]
I’m scared of all the right words
And what they’d make you say

Billboard flickers in the distance
Promises I don’t believe
I’m driving past my exits
Just to feel you chasing me

[Chorus]
If I burn out now
Will I rise at all?
I’m a phoenix about to fall
Caught between the ground
And a higher call
I’m a phoenix about to fall
About to fall

[Bridge]
What if this time
There’s no flame waiting?
What if I’m done
With recreating?
Still I close my eyes
Lean into the drop
Hoping that the breaking
Is where I finally stop

[Chorus]
If I burn out now
Will I rise at all?
I’m a phoenix about to fall
Caught between the ground
And a higher call
I’m a phoenix about to fall
(about to fall, about to fall)


If I burn
If I fade
Did I matter at all?