The Fire (Remains)

For so long had my teeth held my tongue from a venomous voice
 But the poison has passed from my lips to my hands on incendiary ploy
 (And Hell will open up its flue)
 I bid my soul through the flames before me
 (And you will witness what the fire can undo)
 Far from the ash, I will be born again
 Where every debt is repaid
 Nothing left to keep me out of Paradise
 As portraits of the past fade away
 The id dots the i's of antiquity
 While the ego, of late, has held sway
 Too foolish to stray past The Line but too weary to stay
 Too weary to stay
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 Far too long have I waited to witness the balances bend
 In the favor of wrongs being remedied, wickedness coming to an end
 Far from the ash, I will be born again
 Where every debt is repaid
 Nothing left to keep me out of Paradise
 As portraits of the past fade away
 Far beyond the Act, I will be whole again
 A phoenix out of the flame
 I'm burying that menace in a memory
 A funeral held in my name
 The ritual pyre's sending smoke to the sky as the building continues to burn
 The wrath in the ruin, the pain in the grave as the lies are retired to the urn
 But we can't keep the embers from catching, the truth from destroying us all
 Do I die as the martyr or miscreant? I'll make the call
 I'll make the call
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 Far from the ash, I will be born again
 Where every debt is repaid
 Nothing left to keep me out of Paradise
 As portraits of the past fade away
 Far beyond the Act, I will be whole again
 A phoenix out of the flame
 I'm burying that menace in a memory
 A funeral held in my name
 Held in my name
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 Brothers and sisters...