In the Embers

We live and we die Like fireworks Our legacies hide In the embers May our stories catch fire And burn bright enough To catch God's eye We live and we die Like fireworks We pull apart the dark Compete against the stars With all of our hearts Till our temporary brilliance turns to ash We pull apart the darkness while we can May we live and die A valorous life May we write it all down In cursive light So we pray we were made In the image of a figure eight May we live and die Like fireworks We pull apart the dark Compete against the stars With all of our hearts Till our temporary brilliance turns to ash We pull apart the darkness while we can Like fireworks We pull apart the dark Compete against the stars With all of our hearts Till our temporary brilliance turns to ash We pull apart the darkness while we can