[Verse 1]
I swear it only took a second the very first time i saw the light
Was the motorbike flyin' through the minnesota night
Watched my windshield crack like a spiders web
In slow motion sky underneath us tryin' to breath
Some glass in my hand the horizon just leaps up
Crazy how the end can creep up
And everybody walked away we were lucky
Staring at the stars in the middle of the country
It looked like the sky was on fire
And the blanket over us was just beginning to burn
And this universe is so volatile its a miracle
That just a few sparks break through to the earth
And now i think about time all the time
And what the hell i wanna do with mine cause im still alive
And it took that second to learn exactly what a second is worth (everything burns)

[Hook]
So burn like a phoenix
I don't wanna live for the day i wanna seize it
I don't wanna carry the fire i want to breath it
I don't want to tell you the story i want to be it
Pleae believe it
So burn like a phoenix
I don't wanna live for the day i wanna seize it
I don't wanna carry the fire i want to breath it
I don't want to dream of somthing better let me see it

[Verse 2]
There's a hole in your abdomen
Just below your sternum right above your stomach
Can you imagine it this black wall twisting
Waiting for something passionate for sustanance it's hungry
And the only reason you exist is to feed it so feed it
Give it food
Give it booze
Give it politics
Give it shopping
Give it celebrity gossip
Give it baseball,football,soccer and boxing
Give it the crush you been watching
The music that you listen to
The vices that you give in to
Give it your limits too whatever you obssess about
Just never let it out
Upset it and it will finish you
Deliver you to darknes it's gotta eat something
Give it the person you're in love with
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever makes you bitter
Give it your cell, give it facebook, myspace and twitter
Give it the mirror hang up to your hang ups
Every argument every a-ball or a plus
Give it the shoebox of love poems under your bed
Give it the something from every was it something i said
Give it your friends your job your religion and what you livin for
Listen close
There are things that matter and there are things that dont
And knowing the difference is the most important thing you'll ever know
There's a hole deep down inside you
And when you die it will be all thats left
And it will spil it contents out at your funeral
The life you've lived the time you spent (everything burns)

[Hook]
So burn like a phoenix
I don't wanna live for the day i wanna seize it
I don't wanna carry the fire i want to breath it
I don't want to tell you the story i want to be it
Pleae believe it
So burn like a phoenix
I don't wanna live for the day i wanna seize it
I don't wanna carry the fire i want to breath it
I don't want to dream of somthing better let me see it

[Outro]
The last thing i saw was a deer long dead on the side of this country road
The last thing i thought was im bringing better CD's on the next ride
I never imagine my looking glass would be a windshield
But i woke up to a whole new world on the otherside
The last thing i said was pull up at the exit i can take over
The last thing i did was sting my hand out the window and let it glide
I never imagined my looking glass would be a windshield
But i woke up to a whole new world on the otherside