Stand and Burn

By Rustage

Released on January 15, 2021

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Intro/Chorus (Ben Schuller from NerdOut!):

I can numb the pain, but the feelings hurt

I can't stay the same, it don't seem to work

We've been forged in flame

I've got much to learn

I know I must change

Stand and Burn

Verse 1 (Rustage):

I've been scarred and bruised

It's hard to choose

And though I struggled gaining

I'm too far to lose

My chance to prove my worth

And then start anew

I answer to myself

Never after you

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When you're indoctrinated, hatred is all you have known

Grown on the teachings of those

Looking to strip you of hope

Hung at the еnd of my rope

Choking on the heat couldn't copе

Prince of my kingdom

So why did I feel so cold and alone

I must be one who atones

Forks in my paths and my roads

Mind bout to burst and explode

Dragging me back to the throne

Look at the pain I've been shown

I'll make a choice on my own

Gaze at the sins of my people

I feel it down to the bone

I feel it down to my blood

I feel it down to my heart

Taking a breath in the darkness

I see the light in the dark

I see the vision of greatness

I see the man from my past

I see the choices that I'm making

I see the hurt and the scars

Chorus (Ben Schuller from NerdOut!):

I can numb the pain, but the feelings hurt

I can't stay the same, it don't seem to work

We've been forged in flame

I've got much to learn

I know I must change

Stand and Burn

Verse 2 (Rustage):

When you're blinded by objectives

You can't stop to think

I've been pulled in all directions

Now I'm on the brink

I learn my lesson

And the fear I'm not forgetting

'Cos the writings on the wall

But someone came along and smudged the ink

I'm not a prodigy

I'm just a kid who knows his worth

Dragged down through the dirt

I'll make sure they get what they deserve

Iroh gave it meaning

So I'm channelling his thoughts and words

Fire in my mouth

I've got a message and it's getting heard

I keep on getting burned

I'll never be deterred

Nations are at war

I'm not supporting those who gain from hurt

Can't see how hard I've worked

Won't leave my name besmirched

Slicing through my hair I'm changing now

So let them do their worst

I took the lightning but sent it back, I stay fighting, no second chance

I'm igniting the embers that have been rising

I'm striving to be the person

I'm carving out like a diamond

So I stand and burn away the past

The me that won't be hiding

Chorus (Ben Schuller from NerdOut!):

I can numb the pain, but the feelings hurt

I can't stay the same, it don't seem to work

We've been forged in flame

I've got much to learn

I know I must change

Stand and Burn

Outro (Rustage):

Feel the fire and the flames as it's burns up

I can never be the same watch it burn up

I feel the fire and the flames as it's burns up

I can never be the same watch it burn up