Song Description

- When the flames roiled fast and hard across the bone-dry Southern California landscape, bringing homes down to ash and igniting the night skies, SoCal native Dave von Beck penned this image-laden song in a quest to find the positive in nature's relentl

Lyrics

I never thought a tree could be so devastating
Oh, what a fool I'd been
Turns out, with enough of them together
And a good wind from the east
They'll grant no relief
No prisoners, just a war

Until all is gone
Except all that matters

The fire helped to burn the things I don't need away
Left me here, with nothing left to worry about or say
When I find my way back to a life
I'm going to have a fire inside me, like the fire outside
I'll keep a fire inside me, like the fire outside

Wanting more is easier than needing what you've got
Again, what fool I have been
The new rule I'm living by
Is if it doesn't breathe, it doesn't deserve any
Room in our heads or our hearts anymore

Let's start all over
Let's take it slower

The fire helped to burn the things we don't need away
Fed on us into the night, turned darkness into day
When I find my way back to a life
I'm going to have a fire inside me, like the fire outside
I'll keep a fire inside me, like the fire outside

We're alone and alive
And we always have been
So if the room in our heads and our hearts cannot grow
Let's start all over
Let's take it slow

CHORUS

Like the fire inside me, there's a fire outside