1. I used the deadwood to make the fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies
I filled my cup with the rising of the sea
And poured it out in an ocean of debris.

[Chorus:]
I'm swimming in the smoke
Of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize
I'm losing what I don't deserve
(What I don't deserve).

2. We held our breath when the clouds began to form
But you were lost in the beating of the storm
And in the end we were made to be apart
In separate chambers of the human heart.

[Bridge:]
It's in the blackened bones
Of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize
I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve.

[Coda:]
And here's the dead wood to make the fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies.