Ensemble:
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY

Casper:
WHEN I WAS ONLY FIVE THEY CHIDED ME FOR BEING A PROBLEM CHILD
I CRIED BUT THEY DENIED THERE MIGHT BE REASONS WHY I ACTED WILD
THEY FIXED ME WITH A PILL SO MY EMOTIONS COULD NO LONGER SPILL OUTSIDE
BUT STILL THEY'D GROW PASSED ALL CONTROL AND I'D EXPLODE THEN WE'D COLLIDE

Ensemble:
SO LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY

Nora:
MY FATHER HAD A TEMPER, WHEN THE WARNINGS CAME IN TIME
MY MOTHER PUT US TO BED EARLY SO WE COULDN’T SEE
BUT WE WOULD NOT BE BLIND TO ALL THE BRUISES AND WE ALWAYS HEARD THE FIGHTS
AND THEN ONE DAY IT BOILED OVER, AND MY FAMILY DID NOT SURVIVE THE NIGHT

Ensemble:
SO LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY

Ensemble Members:
MY FAMILY WAS STARVING, BUT ASSISTANCE WAS DENIED
AND SO THEY SENT ME FAR AWAY IN HOPES I’D FIND LIFE THAT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE

THE DAY THAT I WAS BORN MY PARENTS MUST HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS
AND SO THEY CHECKED INTO A HOSPITAL, THEN SNUCK OUT LEAVING ME BEHIND

MY CLASSMATES CALLED ME NAMES AND ALWAYS PUSHED ME WHEN THEY PASSED
BUT WHEN I ASKED FOR HELP THEY TOLD ME I PROVOKED THEM
THEN THEY SENT ME BACK TO CLASS

MY BROTHER WOULD ABUSE ME WHEN MY PARENTS TURNED THEIR HEAD
BUT SINCE THEY LOVED HIM, THEY BELIEVED THAT HE COULD NEVER DO THE THINGS I SAID

Ensemble:
SO LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY

AND ONCE IT BURNS AWAY, YOU GATHER UP THE ASHES
YOU CAN CAST THEM IN THE WIND AND HOPE THEY SCATTER AND DETACH FROM YOU
OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO KEEP THEM IN A FIERY EMBRACE
‘TIL YOU EXPLODE INTO A PHOENIX FULL OF MAJESTY AND GRACE
AND THEN YOU FLY ABOVE WITH DIGNITY AND LIGHT THE WORLD CAN SEE
OUR PAST DOES NOT HAVE TO CONFINE US, IF WE HONOR IT THEN IT CAN SET US FREE

LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY

Amahle:
IF THE WORLD’S AN OYSTER, THEN IT’S BURIED IN THE SAND
AND WE SPEND A LIFETIME DIGGING FOR A PEARL OF WISDOM WE CAN UNDERSTAND

Ensemble:
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY
LET IT BURN AWAY
JUST LET IT ALL BURN AWAY