"The Fires" lyrics
Idina Menzel & Original Broadway Cast of Redwood Lyrics
(from "Redwood (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" soundtrack)
[JESSE:]
They'll be back, I should pack my things and go
But you are now my home
You're every little piece of me
You're everything I know
Look, Stella - can you see the fires burning in the east?
The flames dance through the trees
But in my heart, something's keeping me:
What if I don't want to leave?
How do you do it?
Face the fire all these years?
Somehow you manage
You ravage but you persevere
Could I live through it?
Stand tall through it all, just like you?
Do I have what it takes to hold on 'til the storm breaks?
If the fires come
Should I stay, protect you, life and love?
If the fires come
Would I lose you, like I lost him?
If the fires come
Could I dare risk my life for us?
If the fires come
Will I turn and run
Or stay for once?
If the fires come...
Oh, Stella, I've been caught in awful dream
With the world spinning on in extremes
When it's all over and the sky repairs
Will we still be standing here?
'Cause all my life, I run away
Go far, go faster, drive 'til I push down all the pain
Trying so hard not to feel
And maybe I have to if I want to heal
And from here, I can see it
Oh so clearly, oh...
There is no great escape
No more running away
'Cause this time - for the first time -
This time I'll stay!
When the fires come
I will stand, surrender, come what may
When the fires come
If my whole world is gone, could I finally face my son?
When the fires come...
Let them come...
They'll be back, I should pack my things and go
But you are now my home
You're every little piece of me
You're everything I know
Look, Stella - can you see the fires burning in the east?
The flames dance through the trees
But in my heart, something's keeping me:
What if I don't want to leave?
How do you do it?
Face the fire all these years?
Somehow you manage
You ravage but you persevere
Could I live through it?
Stand tall through it all, just like you?
Do I have what it takes to hold on 'til the storm breaks?
If the fires come
Should I stay, protect you, life and love?
If the fires come
Would I lose you, like I lost him?
If the fires come
Could I dare risk my life for us?
If the fires come
Will I turn and run
Or stay for once?
If the fires come...
Oh, Stella, I've been caught in awful dream
With the world spinning on in extremes
When it's all over and the sky repairs
Will we still be standing here?
'Cause all my life, I run away
Go far, go faster, drive 'til I push down all the pain
Trying so hard not to feel
And maybe I have to if I want to heal
And from here, I can see it
Oh so clearly, oh...
There is no great escape
No more running away
'Cause this time - for the first time -
This time I'll stay!
When the fires come
I will stand, surrender, come what may
When the fires come
If my whole world is gone, could I finally face my son?
When the fires come...
Let them come...
