They turned their backs

Left you talking to the walls

Empty chair

Where your love once used to call

They steal your time

They twist your name till it bleeds

You walk the street

Feeling unwanted

Unseen

They want you shattered

They want you small

But if you crack

You’ll burn it all

I don’t wanna be the fire that ends the world

I just wanna light a candle for every hurting girl and boy

Turn the anger into embers that keep us warm

Not destroy

I don’t wanna burn it down to prove my worth

I just wanna teach this broken world

How to love again

How to love again

They trade your truth

For a story that they sell

Every whisper

Feels like heaven turned to hell

But in your chest

There’s a spark they never see

If it explodes

There’ll be nothing left to breathe

So take that fury

Turn it around

Let every tear

Water this ground

I don’t wanna be the fire that ends the world

I just wanna light a candle for every hurting girl and boy

Turn the anger into embers that keep us warm

Not destroy

I don’t wanna burn it down to prove my worth

I just wanna teach this broken world

How to love again

How to love again

For our children’s children

Running in the open air

Laughing with their neighbors

Safe everywhere

Hope in their pockets

Faith in their speech

Peace in their footsteps

In every street

I don’t wanna be the fire that ends the world

I just wanna light a candle for every hurting girl and boy

Turn the ashes into gardens where they can dance

Where they enjoy

I don’t wanna burn it down to prove my worth

I just wanna teach this broken world

How to love again

How to love again

So when they try to break you

Stand your ground

Be still

Be the fire that heals the world

Not the fire that kills