i could say it's metaphorical, but that depends on how i'm feeling about how fucked up everything has become on any given day
lyrics
there’s a car parked in the street
it’s in the way
burn it down
cause on the other side of town
they fired at you
set it right
there’s a light long past promise
that’s never shone
and so alone
take the torch
from sky to ground
and burn it down
there’s a knot in this world
that kills your soul
break the chain
and then maybe you’ll see change
that’s never come
light a flame
say the names long overdue
for repair and
to be free
take the torch
from stars to ground
and burn it down
burn down the ideas and ideals of who you are
burn down the notions of who you can be
find something stronger buried in the scars
rip the flesh and burn the world
rip the flesh and burn the heart
there’s a light long denied
that’s never led
take the torch for all the dead
for all the hurt that hurls its wings around
and burn it all down
burn it down