Watch It Burn

Blood and sweat mark the land from a tired brow and a calloused hand He worked hard for everything that he owned His legacy reduced to thirds, fragile hearts, and wasted words A bitter reaping to the life he had sown A conversation waiting down the hall where simpler times line the walls The ivory paint's now yellow with age Momma's sitting in the back room stone faced at the evening news She'll say yes before they plead their case Cause when the flames grow higher and higher You stand and fight the fire But to the point of no return Just watch it burn They pray he bends before he breaks as he digs for joy in the glory days As a hollowed out version of himself He sings the crowd a lullaby and sucks a bottle down bone dry Then wants to pull another bourbon off the shelf A quiet ride down a country road, a solemn night spent alone The consequence of habits taking form Isolated by the ones he loves, a desperate word to the man above Tonight he'll trust the memories to keep him warm Oh when the flames grow higher and higher You stand and fight the fire But to the point of no return Just watch it burn We claw and scratch to defend our name, hope for different but expect the same And own our faults from countless lessons learned We leave it all to the said and done where all is lost and nothing's won And watch the embers smoke from bridges burned Cause when the flames grow higher and higher We stand and fight the fire But to the point of no return Just watch it burn Just watch it burn