[Verse 1]

I threw away the evidence and every little trace

By now, it should be evident that I'm the one to blame

I own the conflagration, it was I who lit the flame

Then I flushed all of my matches down the drain

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, I know there's no excuse for what I did

So the only thing I can do is admit

[Chorus]

I was the arsonist

The one who burned us to the ground after the argument

Set fire to the room with our hearts in it

And though I said that you're the one who started it

I started it

I was the arsonist

But now I'll make it up to you for all the darkness

For everything I put you through, let me start with this

I started it

Now I'll build back that room with our hearts in it

I was the arsonist

[Post-Chorus]

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum

[Verse 2]

I'm siftin' through the rubble and the ashes all around

Liftin' with my shovel as it crashes through the ground

I'm reminded that the trouble, all the trouble that surrounds

Is my fault and I'm here to fix it now

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, I know there's no excuse for what I did

So the only thing I can do is admit

[Chorus]

I was the arsonist

The one who burned us to the ground after the argument

Set fire to the room with our hearts in it

And though I said that you're the one who started it

I started it

I was the arsonist

But now I'll make it up to you for all the darkness

For everything I put you through, let me start with this

I started it

Now I'll build back that room with our hearts in it

I was the arsonist

[Post-Chorus]

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum

I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, da

[Bridge]

I'll pay the fine, do the time, leave that person behind

Burn away the past and move past all my crime

[Chorus]

I was the arsonist

The one who burned us to the ground after the argument

Set fire to the room with our hearts in it

And though I said that you're the one who started it

I started it

I was the arsonist

But now I'll make it up to you for all the darkness

For everything I put you through, let me start with this

I started it

Now I'll build back that room with our hearts in it

I was the arsonist

[Post-Chorus]

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum

I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, da