burn me a goodbye

i can see that a bridge is burning. don't know what i can do to stop it, nor do i know what i did to cause it to ignite. so i go to check in my pockets, trying to find any evidence that i ever had fire on my mind.

but there's nothing left to do but watch the flames as they flicker high. and i'll always remember the nights when you burned me a goodbye. i guess this is the way it's gotta be...you're not around to explain. so i'll just stand here alone and watch the flames--watch a piece of my life as it burns away.

i don't quite understand what's happening right in front of me. watching these bright orange lights consume all up those memories. of all the thousand times i looked on your face, never thought that it would end this way. a burning bridge is something that you'll bet to never see.

but there's nothing left to do but watch the flames as they flicker high. and i'll always remember the nights when you burned me a goodbye. i guess this is the way it's gotta be...you're not around to explain. so i'll just stand here alone and watch the flames--watch a piece of my life as it burns away.