Do you hear it?
The steel? The screams?
The breaking of men?
I wonder if the earth
Will even remember their names?
I struck someone
And they fell so fast
But when his eyes met mine
I saw myself
Like a mirror, before it faded
It was just a little spark
Dancing in the wind
Unassuming, it descends into the night
We paid it little mind, at first
We should have known
Their plan, their lie!
It was just a little smoke
Creeping underneath our door
Like we've ignored so many times before
But you've broken us down
That little spark you tried to hide
Is now burning from inside
You light the flame
We'll give you ashes
If you rig the game
We'll bring the masses
When everything you built collapses
And all is said and done
We'll see who really won
It all started with a flash
Then we felt the blast
I still recall the smell of burning tires
Then someone yelled: Hit the ground!
With scattered bodies all around
That little spark
Just set the world on fire!
You light the flame
We'll give you ashes
If you rig the game
We'll bring the masses
When everything you built collapses
And all is said and done
We'll see who's really won
Was the cost worth the risk?
How did we end up like this?
Do we lend a helping hand
Or raise an angry fist?
That blank stare in the mirror
Do they see what I see?
Who here has been chosen?
Was it you? Was it me?
A bitter fight awaits
A bitter fight still awaits
A decider of fates
Death still calls for us all
The ones who're forced to wait
You lit the flame
We gave you ashes
You rigged the game
We brought the masses
Nobody ever really wins these fights!
Was it worth all of the pain and sacrifice?
You lit the flame!
They always wanted us to burn
You rigged the game!
When are we ever gonna learn?
Who takes the blame?
All hope is lost if we don't try!
Try to change what we've become
We're gonna burn for what we've done!
We're gonna burn!
