Watching IT Burn

I remember when the light was in your eyes like the morning sun Now you’re walking through the shadows with a loaded mental gun You used to talk about the future like a dream we could build Now you’re chasing every vacancy that never could be filled I see the transformation in the way you hold your breath Like you’re flirting with the chaos and you’re dancing with some death Your skin is getting colder and your heart is turning black You’re headed down a one-way road and never looking back Every bridge you ever crossed is just a pile of smoking ash You’re trading all your virtue for a momentary flash And it’s heavy on my spirit just to see you lose your soul You let the bitterness ignite until you lost all control You have changed and even God has seen the shift inside There is nowhere left for all those hollow lies of yours to hide Tell me why you want to watch the whole world burn to the ground When the silence is the only thing that makes a hollow sound Who hurt you so deeply that you want to see the flames? Who broke your spirit down until you started playing games? You’re a stranger in the mirror and a ghost inside the hall Waiting for the moment that the final curtain starts to fall I see you clutching onto anger like a holy silver blade Destruction is the only kind of progress that you’ve made Was it a father or a lover or a friend who left you scarred? Because you’ve built a fortress and the windows are all barred You’re screaming at the heavens while you’re stoking up the fire Climbing up the wreckage of your own dark desire There’s no mercy in the soot that’s falling heavy on your face You’re trying to erase every single memory of this place But the smoke is getting thick and it is getting hard to see That the person that you’re killing is the one you used to be You have changed and even God has seen the shift inside There is nowhere left for all those hollow lies of yours to hide Tell me why you want to watch the whole world burn to the ground When the silence is the only thing that makes a hollow sound Who hurt you so deeply that you want to see the flames? Who broke your spirit down until you started playing games? The embers are glowing and the sky is turning red You’re living in the wreckage of the words you never said It’s a tragedy in motion and a symphony of pain You’re looking for a cleansing but you’re terrified of rain You’re terrified of rain You have changed and even God has seen the shift inside There is nowhere left for all those hollow lies of yours to hide Tell me why you want to watch the whole world burn to the ground When the silence is the only thing that makes a hollow sound Who hurt you so deeply that you want to see the flames? Who broke your spirit down until you started playing games? Watching it burn Yeah, you’re just watching it burn God sees the truth in the fire In the fire Who hurt you so bad? Who hurt you so bad?