The Fire (Remains) Lyrics

For so long had my teeth held my tongue from a venomous voice (a venomous voice)
But the poison has passed from my lips to my hands, an incendiary point
(And how the moment of its fire)
I bid my soul through the flames before me
(And who will rid this one of what fire can't undo)
Far from the ocean we'll be born again
Where every debt is repaid
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise
These portraits of the past fade away
The ink dots the ice of antiquity

While the ego of late is held sway
Too foolish to stray past the light but too weary to stay
Too weary to stay

Far too long have I waited to witness the balances bend (the balances bend)
In the favor of wrongs being remedied, wickedness coming to an end
Far from the ash we'll be born again
Where every debt is repaid
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise
These portraits of the past fade away
Far beyond the actor we'll be whole again
A phoenix out of the flame
Burying their medicine and memory
A funeral held in my name
Though ritual pyre sending smoke to the sky as the building continues to burn
Though rapt in the ruin, the pain in the grave, is lies you leave tied to the earth
Can't keep the embers from catching
The truth from destroying is all
Do I die as the martyr or miscreant, I'll make the call
I'll make the call

Far from the ash we'll be born again
Where every debt is repaid
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise
These portraits of the past fade away
Far beyond the actor we'll be whole again
A phoenix out of the flame
Burying their medicine and memory
A funeral held in my name
Held in my name