What are the lyrics to Burn out Bright by Switchfoot?

Answer 1

Does it have to start with a broken heart

Broken dreams and bleeding parts

We were young and world was clear

Young ambition disappears

I swore it would never come to this

The average, the obvious

I'm still discontented down here

I'm so discontented

Chorus:

If we only got one try

If we've only got one life

If time was never on our side

Before I die I want to burn out bright

So a spark ignites

In time and space

To make it through this human race

You fight and crawl your way back home

But you're running the wrong way

The future is a question mark

With kerosene electric sparks

There's still fire in you yet

Yeah there's still fire in you

(Chorus)

I can't clean up the mess I've made (2x)

Can't sleep in the bed I've made (2x)

(Chorus)

Behind the Song:

'One of two tracks on the record that is a command. Seems like every story I can relate to starts off with a broken heart, broken dreams and bleeding parts. There's a story I know about a man named Israel who wrestled with God. From that day on he walked with a limp. I guess in a lot of ways I don't trust a man who doesn't have a limp. The future is yet unwritten. Write it well.' - Jon Foreman (Switchfoot)