Bullet in the Fire

The day that he dropped out of school, his father said he'd be a fool

To hang around this little town too long

But what his father didn't know was Sara was starting to show

And they didn't give a damn if it was wrong

Folks round here, they like to talk

They love to think the road they walk's the only way

And that's what they say

For a while there, it was chaos, there were hungry nights and tradeoffs

Trying to dig their way out of that hole

At night, he'd sit out on the couch

Wondering if he was cut out to play this role

With no control

The man is a liar who says that he sees anything beyond this day

The bullet in the fire is laughing at the choices and the plans we made

It will give and it will take, break your heart

But it cannot touch your mind, and how it shines

And the rest just fades over time

Now, his eyes are hard as stone, there's not much left but skin and bone

So far from how he'd pictured growing old

And all the ones that he'd proved right or wrong

And all the times that he'd been strong

And, somehow, he outlived them all

When I asked him for the reason, why he longs for the next season

Why he's holding on

He told me, "Son

The man is a liar who says that he sees anything beyond this day

The bullet in the fire is laughing at the choices and the plans we made

It will give and it will take, break your heart

But it cannot touch your mind, and how it shines

And the rest just fades over time"

The man is a liar who says that he sees anything beyond this day

The bullet in the fire is laughing at the choices and the plans we made

It will give and it will take, break your heart

But it cannot touch your mind, and how it shines

And the rest just fades over time