The Fire

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[Intro]
C Riff, Em, C, G

[Verse 1]
C                  G          Bm
A young child sits quiet, the 
           C
forest is dark
C             G            Em
Possibilities overflow his unbroken 
heart
C             G          Bm     
I ask him well after the 
        C
brush takes the spark
C                       Em
What do you see in the fire?
G/C                          G
I see light within color and color 
in light
Bm           Em            C
Trophies I'll take home and battles 
I'll fight
C             G            Bm   
A bright blue horizon with no 
      C
pain in sight
C                            Em  
I'll be there and so will my 
   G/C         G
parents and you're invited too

[Verse 2]
C                         G
A life-sentence inmate in orange 
prisoner clothes
Bm                  Em      
Who's been told his whole life 
           C
that's just how it goes
C            G             Bm    
Who came out swinging from poverty 
  C
row
C                       Bm
Sits a bit close to the dangerous 
glow
C                     Em
What do ya see in the fire?
C                               G
I see rich people laughin' with food
 on their plates
Bm               Em          C
And neighborhood bullies imprinted 
with hate
C             G            Bm   
Moms and dads screaming at each 
       C
other insane
C                          Bm
And hard grey redemption a little 
too late
Em                    Am
And I see myself as I might've been
C                 D             
I’m handsome, and capable, and 
C               G
funny

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[Verse 3]
        C                 G
A young woman in college entranced 
by the flames
   Bm        Em         C
Is pondering silent how perfectly 
strange
C               G         Bm     
A girl could be called by so many
 C                               
 names and not one be the one she 
      Em
was given
C                      G
What do you see in the fire?
C                           G
I see myself in the mirror, not 
pretty enough
Bm          Em        C
And digital images reducing love
C               G           Bm  
My roommate enslaved by 
     C
expectations above
C                                
And then I see the face of my 
Em             Em
mother

[Verse 4]
C                     G
A first-year preacher stands on his 
feet
Bm              Em        C
His love for mankind is true and 
complete
C          G          Bm        
While the frigid wind blows 
        C
through the trees
C                 Bm
I ask as he leans away from the heat
C                       Em
"What do you see in the fire?"
C                         G
I see swirling confusion, question, 
and loss
Bm              Em   C
And I know all about Christ and the 
cross
C                        Bm
But I cannot explain the Holocaust
Em                            Am
I stuttered when a young man asked 
me to
C                     G
I just couldn’t find the words

[Verse 5]
C                      G
A woman of ninety with wisdom in 
spades
Bm                Em        
Her mind still as sharp as her 
   C
kitchen blades
C            G      Bm          
I ask as her memory nonetheless 
C
fades
C                       Em
"What do you see in the fire?"
          C                       
I see the touch of my husband who 
G
recently passed
    Bm       Em              C
Our hometown before the roads got so
 fast
C            G         Bm        
And I see it now in an impatient 
C
blur
G               C
And I see how in love we were
Em                           Bm
I see the good Lord offering mercy
Em                           Bm
I see the good Lord offering mercy
C                            D7
I see the good Lord offering mercy

[Verse 6]
C                       G
Someone I care for, she sits by my 
side
Bm             Em           C
I can feel the past and the future 
collide
C                 G         Bm  
She leans in and whispers, 
              C
“Don't think, just decide"
C                      Em
What do you see in the fire?
          C                        
I see the faces of my victims whose
  G
 hearts I once broke
Bm       Em            C
Calm and alive in the curling smoke
C          G    Bm           C
All I can do is sit here and hope
C                       Em       
They may find a way to forgive me
               Em


[Otro]
C                           G
There's something unspoken there in 
your eyes
Bm           Em           C
A pain or a love I don't recognize
C                G  Bm       C
I better ask you now before it dies
C                   G
What do you see in the fire?