I am burning
I am burning inside
I am burning inside for a different kind of fire
I am burning inside for a different kind of fire
The kind that sets the world aflame
And allows me to forget this pain
I am burning at the seams and it is tearing me apart
I am sick of the ways people learn to break hearts
I am burning with desire
For someone to see
That I am not just a photo that you see on a screen
I am 451 degrees of paper fluttering
Like the leaves in the trees.
These leaves are like my dead memories
Like nostalgia that existed but needed to breathe
In a place that I wasn't even allowed to be

I am burning myself
So people will try
To help those who are dying to fly
From mistakes they made that made others cry
I am burning myself so I cannot lie
With all these questions that run through my head
Like why am I here and instead not dead?
I can finally put myself in the shoes of those who have lead
Many minds from pain and dread

I want you to see a burning me
So neither he nor she will take it lightly
I want you to be so free
That regret and guilt could not be foreseen
Please take this wisdom from youth
And change it for you to something of truth
Maybe a fire is not the way to see who
How when and where and why we do what we do.
An icy storm or deadly dream
May be your version of burning me