[Verse]

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(Verse 1)

The lock was loose, the door was jarred

I got sloppy in the yard

I let the secrets drift away

Into ears that shouldn’t stay

I was a fool to pour the wine

For guests who poison every line

It’s a bitter taste, but I know the sting

I’m accustomed to the song they sing

Betrayal is a heavy coat

I’ve worn it often round my throat.

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(Pre-Chorus)

Now the threat is on the table, cold and plain

They want to trade my silence for my shame

It’s a mystery, the move I make

Which road do I refuse to take?

Because I know the game, I know the math

And I know the physics of a scorched-earth path.

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(Chorus)

I could fight fire with fire, and burn the city down

I could fight fire with fire, and take away your crown

I could disappear to nothing, and restart on the shore

But what I hold against you, would cost you so much more

Yeah, I can lose a name and still survive the crash

But if I light this match, you’re nothing but the ash.

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(Verse 2)

You threaten whispers, I threaten loud

I can pull the plug on your online crowd

I know the leverage, I know the wires

To disconnect the brands and kill the fires

Of careers you built and the views you crave

I could put your reputation in a grave.

​It’s not just pixels, it’s not just screens

I can tear apart the real-life scenes

Relationships you hold so tight

Could vanish in a single night

I could cost you money, I could cost you face

Erase your footing in this public place.

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(Bridge)

I could vanish in the ether, slip into the black

Rise up like a Phoenix with the flames at my back

Use the heat of my rebirth to singe you to the bone

Leave you in the wreckage while I fly away alone!

I have the arsenal, I have the history

Of solving every conflict with a catastrophic mystery!

​(Guitar/Instrumental Solo - Chaotic and Heavy)

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(Verse 3 - Quiet, restrained)

But I am looking at the hands that hold the flint

And I am trying to ignore the angry hint

I’m trying to be better than the ghost I used to be

The one who burned the bridges just to say that he was free.

​I don’t want to be that person anymore

I don’t want to settle up the score

So don’t push me to the edge of who I was

Don’t make me break my own new laws

I hope I never have to return

To the days where I let everything burn.

​(Fade out)

Don’t make me return.

Don't make me burn.