The Burn

(album: Mad Season - 2000)

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah

I thought about
Leaving but I couldn't even get outta bed
I'm hanging 'cause I couldn't get a ride outta town
Now anyone who really wanted me to be down
Come 'round

I thought about
Singing but I couldn't 'member all of the words
Breaking but I couldn't get the pieces apart
Laughing, never knowing what the joke was about
Now I'm down

And I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make a life
One strain at a time

Forgot about
Everything and everyone I needed before
Trying to get a handle on a reason to shine
Picking up the pieces that are falling behind
Takes time

So I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make a life
One strain at a time
And still shine, yeah

Ah, ah, ah, ah, yeah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
(Oh, no, no, oh)
Yeah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
(Oh, no)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, yeah
(Oh, no)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, yeah
Ah, ah, ah, ah

And I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make a life
All this time I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make their life
One strain at a time
And still shine

Hey, everybody!
Let's all try and play the same song
Just for the sake of our sanities