Burning Bridges
I highly recommend the new Lifehouse CD, Who We Are.
I hate watching bridges burn. It is the worst experience in life- to see and accept that a relationship has turned to ashes and a memory before you even realize that the flames are 15 feet high, licking the sky, causing smoke to billow and let the whole world know. I want to burn the matches, not the bridge. Because it is only a very few that can be rebuilt.
This island of me is becoming even more isolated than before. The horizon is afire at every turn. Only the shaky, unsturdy bridges have been spared, and they will be reduced to less than splinters in the final blaze.
I wonder, will the rain douse the flames?
Reconciliation requires rebuilding.
But I'll do whatever it takes.
I would lay myself across the gap if you said you would cross.
I'm still here.
It's such a shame to let this go to waste
There's little time left here for saving face
We tried to put a bandage on these years
I know this isn't what you want to hear
You can say what you like
Pass the blame I don't mind because
We both lit the match that burned the bridge
We both lit the match that burned the bridge
We both lit the match and watch our bridges burn down
Our common ground was broken long ago
What slipped through the cracks I fear we'll never know
I'll walk you through the graveyard of my mind
Show you a love that I buried alive
Cause we both walked away
Who was wrong, Who's to say I know
I'll do whatever it takes
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know that I've let you down
And if you give me a chance
Believe that I can change
I'll keep us together whatever it takes
I hate watching bridges burn. It is the worst experience in life- to see and accept that a relationship has turned to ashes and a memory before you even realize that the flames are 15 feet high, licking the sky, causing smoke to billow and let the whole world know. I want to burn the matches, not the bridge. Because it is only a very few that can be rebuilt.
This island of me is becoming even more isolated than before. The horizon is afire at every turn. Only the shaky, unsturdy bridges have been spared, and they will be reduced to less than splinters in the final blaze.
I wonder, will the rain douse the flames?
Reconciliation requires rebuilding.
But I'll do whatever it takes.
I would lay myself across the gap if you said you would cross.
I'm still here.
It's such a shame to let this go to waste
There's little time left here for saving face
We tried to put a bandage on these years
I know this isn't what you want to hear
You can say what you like
Pass the blame I don't mind because
We both lit the match that burned the bridge
We both lit the match that burned the bridge
We both lit the match and watch our bridges burn down
Our common ground was broken long ago
What slipped through the cracks I fear we'll never know
I'll walk you through the graveyard of my mind
Show you a love that I buried alive
Cause we both walked away
Who was wrong, Who's to say I know
I'll do whatever it takes
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know that I've let you down
And if you give me a chance
Believe that I can change
I'll keep us together whatever it takes