Burn Whatever's Left

[Verse 1]

I wouldn't go back even if I could

There's a cemetery where a tree once stood

Look too hard, be careful what you find

I know my fate in the back of my mind

I went to see a mystic but I already heard

The end is near, better use your words

She made me tea and I acted so surprised

She read my palm, I read her eyes

[Chorus]

Strike a match and start again

My memory is my only friend

Build me a house of old memories I kept

And then burn whatever's left

[Verse 2]

I carry my pain across the long high-wire

'Bove the city of death and the lake of fire

It's never quite as bad as it seems

Sometimes it's worse in a waking dream

Don't wake me up, don't make a sound

In my sleep, I'm falling down

I'm somewhere else, it's a different time

In the ancient hills, a church bell chimes

[Verse 3]

Make me believe in magic again

I wrote the book so I know how it ends

So many pages I can't forget

Tear them out and burn whatever's left

Spanish moss hangin' from the trees

Holy city, talk to me

I left my body, I left this world

My spirit untethered, my hair unfurled

[Chorus]

Strike a match and start again

My memory is my only friend

Build me a house of old memories I kept

And then burn whatever's left

Then burn whatever's left