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Ben Lee – Burn To Shine (1999) | Track profile | Dork

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Breathing Tornados
Burn To Shine

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Burn To Shine

Release date: 8th March 1999

From Breathing Tornados

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About This Track

"Burn To Shine" is a track by Ben Lee, from the album Breathing Tornados, released 8th March 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Ben Lee

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Lyrics

Burn To Shine

You called me early one morning

And said you were glad I was home

You were lying there flat on your back

Getting drunk playing guitar alone

Did she say

She was leaving the very next day

Did you beg her to stay

Did you beg her to stay

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

It doesn't get easy get empty get older

And realize we actually die

Filled up with fear and the question persists

That you just might be living a lie

And I saw, as you beat your tired fists on the wall

Are you asking for more

Are you asking for more

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

I'm keepin' it together

Just keep it together at best

Somewhere inside of me

I know that this is a test

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

You got to burn to shine

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Track details

From Breathing Tornados

1999

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Album

Breathing Tornados

Release year

1999

—Sandpaperback
—Nighttime
—Ship My Body Home
—Burn To Shine
—Birthday Song
—10ft. Tall
—Sleepwalking
—Tornados
—The Finger And The Moon
—Ten Feet Tall
—I Am A Sunflower

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