Burn It Out - Aimee Mann

You know the secrets that live in fire

What is the promise that flames inspire

Can you just burn it out

Shadows and memories that won’t stay put

Can you redact them with ash and soot

Can you just burn it out

Can you just burn it out

So thoroughly

You’ll never see

A trace of yourself in the spark

Can you just burn it out

Til it’s dark

Ghostly intruders who storm the moat

Black-booted looters lay knife to throat

Can you just burn that out

All of the shame that was yours to bear

Will it ignite like a signal flare

Can you just burn it out

Can you just burn it out

So thoroughly

You’ll never see

A person who once had a name

Can you just burn it out

With a flame

Spirits and specters that live in the sulphur streams

Find their redemption in charcoal dreams

Can you just burn it out

So thoroughly

You’ll never see

A trace of yourself in the coal

Can you just burn it out

Of your soul