The Fire Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][G][D]

[Verse 1]
A [G]young child sits [D]quiet,
the [F#m]forest [G]is dark
Possibilities [D]overflow his [Bm]un broken heart
[G]I ask him well [D]af ter the
[F#m]brush takes [G]the spark
[D]What do you see in [Bm]the fire?
I see [G]light within color and
col[D]or in light
[F#m]Trophies I'll take [Bm]home,
and battle[G]s I'll fight
A bright blue [D]horizon
with [F#m]no pain in [G]sight
I'll be there and so will my par
[Bm]ents [G]and you're invited too
[D]

[Verse 2]
A [G]life-sentence inmate inmate in or
[D]ange prisoner clothes
Who's [F#m]been told his whole l[Bm]ife
"That's just [G]how it goes"
Who came out [D]swinging from [F#m]poverty [G]row
Sits a bit close to the [F#m]dangerous glow
[D]What do ya see in [Bm]the fire?
I see [G]rich people laughin'
with [D]food on their plates
And [F#m]neighborhood bul[Bm]lies
imprin[G]ted with hate
Moms and dads [D]screaming
at each [F#m]other in[G]sane
And a hard grey redemption
a [F#m]little too late
And I [Bm]see myself as [Em]I might've been
I'm [G]handsome [A]and capable and [D]funny
[G][D]

[Verse 3]
A young [G]woman in college
en[D]tranced by the flames
Is [F#m]pondering si[Bm]lent how per[G]fectly strange
A girl could [D]be called by
[F#m]so many nam[G]es
And not one be the one she was [Bm]given
[G]What do you see [D]in the fire?
I see [G]my self in the mirror,
not [D]pretty enough
And [F#m]digital [Bm]im ages reduci[G]ng love
My roommate en[D]slaved by
[F#m]expectations [G]above
And then I see the face of my [Bm]mother

[Verse 4]
[Bm]
A [G]first year preacher [D]stands on his feet
His [F#m]love for man k[Bm]ind is
true [G]and complete
While the fri[D]gid wind [F#m]blows
through [G]the trees
I ask, as he leans away [F#m]from the heat
[D]What do you see in [Bm]the fire?
I see [G]swirling confusion,
ques[D]tion, and loss
And I [F#m]know all a[Bm]bout C[G]hrist and the cross
But I cannot explain the holo[F#m]caust
I [Bm]stuttered when a young man asked [Em]me to
[G]I just couldn't find the[D] words

[Verse 5]
[D]
A [G]woman of ninety with
[D]wisdom in spades
[F#m]Her mind still as sh[Bm]arp as her kitchen bl[G]ades
I ask as [D]her memory [F#m]nonetheless [G]fades
What do [D]you see in [Bm]the fire?
I see [G]the touch of my husband
who [D]recently passed
Our [F#m]hometown be[Bm]fore
the road[G]s got so fast
And I see [D]it now in [F#m]an impatient [G]blur
[D]And I see how in love [G]we were
I see the [Bm]good Lord offering mer[F#m]cy
I see [Bm]the good Lord offering mercy
[F#m]I see the good L[G]ord
offering mer[A]cy

[Verse 6]
[G]Someone I care for, she [D]sits by my side
I can [F#m]feel t[Bm]he past and the fut[G]ure collide
She leans in and whis[D]pers
"Don't [F#m]think just de[G]cide
What [D]do you see in [Bm]the fire?"
I see the [G]faces of my victims
whose [D]hearts I once broke
[F#m]Calm a[Bm]nd alive in the curli[G]ng smoke
All I can do [D]is [F#m]sit here an[G]d hope they
may find a way to forgive [Bm]me

[Verse 7]
[Bm]
There's [G]something unspoken
[D]there in your eyes
A [F#m]pain or a love I[Bm] don't rec[G]ognize
I better ask [D]you now [F#m]before it die[G]s
[D]What do you see in the fire?