To the smouldering next
Signs of repression
To burn without a flame
To the smouldering next
Flickering signs of life
Few and far in between
Unable to compromise
Wide spread weakness
Crumbling under pressure
One million sparks
Every one a copy of the next
Dreams of grandeur
Illuminate momentarily
Reaching for the sky
A phoenix reborn
And to ash returned
Subsurface flame
Low-temperature combustion
Creeping slowly up through the material
Eating from inside
Triggering the transition in to fire
Slowly fade out
No one minds
Furl around the embers
A cycle of life or no life
Signs of repression
To burn without a flame
To the smouldering next
Flickering signs of life
Few and far in between
Unable to compromise
Wide spread weakness
Crumbling under pressure
One million sparks
Every one a copy of the next
Dreams of grandeur
Illuminate momentarily
Reaching for the sky
A phoenix reborn
And to ash returned
Subsurface flame
Low-temperature combustion
Creeping slowly up through the material
Eating from inside
Triggering the transition in to fire
Slowly fade out
No one minds
Furl around the embers
A cycle of life or no life