Like a Phoenix
There’s a fire in a field of corn
And it’s been burning since I was born
And no one is rushing to put this fire out
It’s fuelled by love
And contained by doubt
And there in the distance and here in between
Don’t let the love of your life be a dream
Don’t let the love of your life be a dream
For Heaven is waiting to carry me home
They’re there in the distance and here on my own
Saying, “Don’t waste your anger
Or squander your pain
Let it lovingly teach you
Not become your ball and chain”
For the pain and the passion won’t mean a thing
If I don’t rise from the ashes like a phoenix with wings
Rise from the ashes like a phoenix with wings
There’s a fire in a field of corn
And it’s been burning since I was born
And no one is rushing to put this fire out
It’s fuelled by love
And contained by doubt
And there in the distance and here in between
Don’t let the love of your life be a dream
Don’t let the love of your life be a dream
Won’t let my anger keep me in chains
I’ll face all the pain
Then commit it to the flame
For while it’s unconscious, unowned and unnamed
It controls all my actions
Prolongs all my pain
And all this evolving won’t mean a thing
If I don’t rise from the ashes like a phoenix with wings
Come rise from the ashes like a phoenix with Wings
There’s a fire in a field of corn
© Felicity Buirski 1999