Tears take the place of the ink in your drying pen,
Words don't seem to find the way to your rainbow's end,
Then all you said, you take back now,
From a conversation, you don't know how you let yourself lose control to someone now you long to hold.

After the fire,
The peace you've longed for's just begun,
After the fire,
The warmth of holding a true friend,
After the fire,
The love you've lost now has no end,
After...after all the fire.

Night time comes and the silence fills the air,
A light left burning for the one you know who won't be there,
Then suddenly you feel a touch from a hand that gives you, oh, so much,
A tender love that burns inside, a fire you know will never die.

After the fire,
The peace you've longed for's just begun,
After the fire,
The warmth of holding a true friend,
After the fire,
The love you've lost now has no end,
After...after all the fire.

Yesterday's shadows disappear,
The light casts out all that you once feared, yeah,
So where's love...the love you held so strong through cold, cold nights that grow so long'

After the fire,
The peace you've longed for's just begun,
After the fire,
The warmth of holding a true friend,
After the fire,
The love you've lost now has no end,
After the fire,
Yeah,
After the fire,
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