Burning Bridges

Verse 1

Some bridges you burn, you think it's just a scorch
A little bit of smoke, a little blackened rail
You tell yourself you'll walk it back someday
When the anger cools and the words don't fail
And some you burn, you hear the timbers fall
You know it's good and gone, there's no way back at all

Pre-Chorus

But it's never just the two of us
There's more tied up than you and me
'Cause the bridge that leads to you
Leads to a whole family

Chorus

Burning bridges light up the night
You can see the flames for miles
But they won't keep you warm, no, not at all
They burn icy cold
And leave you standing all alone
I didn't just burn a bridge
I burned my soul

Verse 2

With family you think there's always a way back
That blood's a bridge too strong to burn clean through
But that same blood runs as hot as gasoline
And it only took one spark to prove it true
Everybody's hurt, nobody's listening
And the feelings drown out everything we knew

Pre-Chorus

'Cause it's never just the two of us
There's more tied up than you and me
And the bridge that leads to you
Leads to a whole family

Chorus

Verse 3

Now I stand at the water where the bridge used to be
I can see the porch lights shining on the other shore
Birthdays and babies I hear about secondhand
Or I don't hear about at all anymore

Bridge

I'd have settled for a scorch
I'd have crawled across the char
But you can't walk on smoke
And no one swims this far
I only meant to make you hear me
I never meant to burn it all

Final Chorus

Outro

Burning bridges light up the night
But they won't keep you warm

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