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What We Lost in the Fire Lyrics
I lit a match today
I watched it burn away
All that I had, all that I've owned
All that I've wanted, all that I've known
I can rebuild bigger and higher
I can replace what I lost in the fire
I lit a match today
I watched it blow away
Yeah, they'll investigate
Sift through the mire
To determine the cause of this beautiful fire
Let ‘em speculate to their heart's desire
This wasn't arson, it's a funeral pyre
Let it all burn up to the sky
There is a freedom you cannot deny
I can rebuild, bigger and higher
I can replace what I lost in the fire
See the parade fall in line
Yeah, look at the diamonds in their eyes
Not just from the riches, nor from the gold
But from all of the spoils that they found in the coal
Let them feel the warmth of their newfound desire
As they dance through the ashes of what they lost in the fire
Let it all burn up to the sky,
There is a freedom you cannot deny
I can rebuild bigger and higher
I can replace what we lost in the fire
Ash and the candle, fortune untold
Blissful indulgence as the future unfolds
The wheat and the chaff will all burn away
With resurgence and splendor, listen as we sing
Let it all burn up to the sky
There is a freedom that won't be denied
I can rebuild bigger and higher
I can replace what we lost in the fire, yeah, oh!
Oh, what we lost in the fire
We will replace what we lost in the fire
Sing, sing! 2, 3, uh!
I watched it burn away
All that I had, all that I've owned
All that I've wanted, all that I've known
I can rebuild bigger and higher
I can replace what I lost in the fire
I watched it blow away
Yeah, they'll investigate
Sift through the mire
To determine the cause of this beautiful fire
Let ‘em speculate to their heart's desire
This wasn't arson, it's a funeral pyre
There is a freedom you cannot deny
I can rebuild, bigger and higher
I can replace what I lost in the fire
Yeah, look at the diamonds in their eyes
Not just from the riches, nor from the gold
But from all of the spoils that they found in the coal
Let them feel the warmth of their newfound desire
As they dance through the ashes of what they lost in the fire
There is a freedom you cannot deny
I can rebuild bigger and higher
I can replace what we lost in the fire
Blissful indulgence as the future unfolds
The wheat and the chaff will all burn away
With resurgence and splendor, listen as we sing
There is a freedom that won't be denied
I can rebuild bigger and higher
I can replace what we lost in the fire, yeah, oh!
Oh, what we lost in the fire
We will replace what we lost in the fire
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This song talks about all the instances and feelings you hold on to and/or liberate when you move to a next step of something in your life Troy himself explained that, instead of losing our heads over a problem (in this case, a burning fire), if we just sit on it instead, we let ourselves be consumed by the fire and then reborn as someone greater than when we were before. All that while exploring the ashes of the past and seeing it all for what it is. When something burns, something dies, something ceases to exist. And if this 'something' is bad for you, you experience the freedom of its ashes.
"Let them feel the warmth of their newfound desire As they dance through the ashes of what they lost in the fire"
It's a powerful song that talks about loss, freedom and second chances, all in one take. If it was something you weren't great at, you can do better. If it was something that was holding you down, now you're free to walk on on your own feet.