You wear those scars like proof
That you have lived the truth
Cause we are meant to fade
It's what we're made of
A fragile fleeting turn
A candlestick that's burning
And I've been learning how to wake up, to wake up
And so, it's like you've always been told
The fire won't keep you from the cold
But it can glow enough to save us
And though it'll flicker and spark
The light won't keep you from the dark
But it will show you what you're made of, what you're made of
Do you remember when we were ten and still trying
To pretend that we would never be older
Well I remember the cut and I saw your blood and you were crying
All of a sudden we were a little bit colder
And so, it's like you've always been told
The fire won't keep you from the cold
But it can glow enough to save us
And though it'll flicker and spark
The light won't keep you from the dark
But it will show you what you're made of, what you're made of
With parts in disrepair, and the fix was temporary
We were speeding on the spare
With our hearts just spilling out, it was all that we could carry
We were needing proof beyond the shadow of a doubt
And so, it's like we've always known
We'll all be reaping what we've sewn
And we won't be keeping what we've saved up
And these scars are proof that we were here
That we were young and free of fear
And we grew old enough to find out
What we're made of