I'm walking in their footsteps,
I'm singing their old songs.
Somebody blazed this trail
I'm treadin' on.
I'm bent, but I'm not broken.
I'm stronger than I feel,
I'm made of flesh and bone
Not made of steel.
I'm the keeper of the flame.
The teller of the story
Keeper of the flame
For the ones that came before me.
For the little poly lights waiting to ignite
Like fireflies in the rain.
Keeper of the flame
I've been burned out to ashes
Waiting for a wind
To carry me and start a fire again.
Sometimes I'm just a flicker
A candle in your eye.
But I swear to God
I'll never let it die.
I'm the keeper of the flame.
The teller of the story
Keeper of the flame
For the ones that came before me.
For the little poly lights waiting to ignite
Like fireflies in the rain.
Keeper of the flame.
When I'm drowning,
When I'm fighting,
When I'm screaming,
When I'm hiding,
When I'm losing,
When I'm winning
I go back to
The beginning.
Keeper of the flame.
The teller of the story
Keeper of the flame
I'm not doing it for the glory
But for those little poly lights waiting to ignite
Like fireflies in the rain.
Keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame.