CLEAN

Verse 1] They built me walls and called it love They drew my edges, said enough Handed me a map of someone else's life Said follow this and you'll be fine I folded it in four And left it on the floor Walked out into weather Without asking what for Every place that tried to keep me Only taught my feet to leave Every hand that tried to hold me Only showed me how to breathe I burn clean No ash, no smoke, no ruin left behind I burn clean Like candles that have learned to love the night I don't collapse, I don't explain I just let the fire do its thing I burn clean I burn clean Said my goodbyes in seventeen languages None of them were pretty, none were clean Left my shoes outside a door in Budapest And walked the cobblestones in bare feet I've been the stranger at the table Been the one who doesn't stay Been the girl they wrote songs about After I walked away Every place that tried to keep me Only taught my feet to leave Every hand that tried to hold me Only showed me how to breathe I burn clean No ash, no smoke, no ruin left behind I burn clean Like candles that have learned to love the night I don't collapse, I don't explain I just let the fire do its thing I burn clean I burn clean Someone once asked me if I was afraid of never having a place to return to. I said — what if I'm the place? What if I've been the place this whole time? I burn clean No ash, no smoke, no ruin left behind I burn clean Like candles that have learned to love the night I don't collapse, I don't explain I just let the fire do its thing I burn clean I burn clean I burn clean