Burn It Out

[Intro]
D  G  D  A
 
[Verse 1]
A            Em           G     D     G D  A
You know the secrets that live in fire
            Em           G      D      G D
What is the promise that flames inspire?
             G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
            Em            G        D    G D  A
Shadows and memories that won't stay put
          Em             G      D    G D
Can you redact them with ash and soot?
             G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
 
[Chorus]
D            G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
   Em
So thoroughly
    Bm
You’ll never see
  D                        A
A trace of yourself in the spark
D            G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
  G
Til it's dark
 
[Verse 2]
A          Em          G         D   G D  A
 Ghostly intruders who storm the moat
             Em          G      D       G D
Black-booted looters lay knife to throat
             G    D    A
Can you just burn that out?
           Em             G      D     G D  A
All of the shame that was yours to bear
          Em          G     D     G D
Will it ignite like a signal flare
             G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
 
[Chorus]
D            G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
   Em
So thoroughly
    Bm
You’ll never see
  D                     A
A person who once had a name
D            G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
     G
With a flame
 
[Bridge]
A           Em                           Bm
Spirits and specters that live in the sulphur streams
D                        G        A
Find their redemption in charcoal dreams
 
[Chorus]
D            G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
   Em
So thoroughly
    Bm
You’ll never see
  D                        A
A trace of yourself in the coal
D            G    D  A
Can you just burn it out?
   G         D
Of your soul