By the time that your read this I'll be touching down halfway across the world The open road is aching for my return My resignation, my resurrection So many things I cannot miss I hope my friends will remember me as this Burn, burn (burn, burn) Like roman candles in June Burn, burn (burn, burn) The brightest flame burned out too soon By the time that you read this I'll be crossing a distant galaxy Falling to Earth; a sad astronaut in the web of gravity No reservations, just revelations
So many things I cannot miss I hope my friends will remember me as this Burn, burn (burn, burn) Like roman candles in June Burn, burn (burn, burn) The brightest flame burned out too soon I smuggle all of my friends in my pockets everywhere I go They are the wind at my back This is where I belong Burn, burn To all those nights that we shared Burn, burn We'll raise our drinks in the air Burn, burn To a life that just ended too soon This is where you belong