As a kid I’d perform for the posters on my wall My parents were proud, they’d listen from the hall Some nights I could even hear them sing-a-long Now every few weeks their lucky if I call
Watch me glow
How do I still wanna be as bright As a California wildfire When we all burn out the way it goes It’s inevitable Lately I can’t even light the room I’m a shadow in the afternoon We all burn out the way it goes It’s inevitable
What if all I ever wanted was to sing out on the street In an old Italian town where every dinner is a feast Would I be okay would that be enough Would I look left and right, would I just feel stuck
I don’t know
How do I still wanna be as bright...
Spreading smoking raging Through these hills so fast My horizons changing Covered up with ash