Tommy Jackson - Burning Candle

from Round 27, Week 1 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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lyrics

It looks so pretty sitting there, unlit and untouched
But I have to admit, I don't think it's been used too much
The wick is still waxed, and it's been sitting there for years
It's made well and it's beautiful, but it's just sitting there

Am I just like that candle, never used for why I was made
Will just sit here forever, until I'm forgotten and thrown away

I want to be a burning candle
I'll be a fire in the dark
I will burn on both ends
across the sky like a shooting star
half as long but twice as bright
I will help light up the night,
Take off these self doubting shackles
I want to be a burning candle

If the winds of change should blow me out, light me again and start anew
and if your flame should die, I will do the same for you
See my flame burning higher as my wax tears weep down
And when my wick is spend, take my tears
build another up from the ground

Should I light myself on fire, do what I think I'm made to do
I may only last half as long, but I'm doing what I'm meant to

I want to be a burning candle
I'll be a fire in the dark
I will burn on both ends
across the sky like a shooting star
half as long but twice as bright
I will help light up the night,
Take off these self doubting shackles
I want to be a burning candle

Am I made to be a light
How far will my flame rise
There's only one way to know
Light me up and watch me go

I want to be a burning candle
I'll be a fire in the dark
I will burn on both ends
across the sky like a shooting star
half as long but twice as bright
I will help light up the night,
Take off these self doubting shackles
I want to be a burning candle

(Clay's record collection)

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from Round 27, Week 1, released March 30, 2020

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