"Build A Fire" lyrics

"Build A Fire"

Why'd you try and build a fire
And hide
You gave it no meaning or the like
No one thinks in pictures but mimes
And you have no sense of time

Find what you hold most dear in life
And sell it for a decent price
Show the kids what's what and what's right
Guard everything else with a knife

What I want is free
But I don't know what that means
I want answers to some questions that I can't speak
I live nonsense in speed

So just bleed til the hearts pumps harder
And speak til the tongue pumps water
But what if some things are better left to breathe

I'm gonna build a fire and die
One that don't care if I'm dead or alive
Show em all I've done and what's right
And they'll use it all as a guide


Writer(s): Richard Maguire
album: "Demonstration" (2007)
Pile - Demonstration album cover
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