The fire that burns The light that governs the heat Igniting the passion, the eternal appetite For things to come For thoughts to create The independent nature of man A creator and destroyer Deeply rooted, widely spread The will to strive, the need to push Fire, fire that burns Fire, fire that burns ♪ The spark that glimmers So that visions appear in a flash The independent nature of man A creator and destroyer Deeply rooted, widely spread The will to strive, the need to push Fire, fire that burns Fire, fire that burns ♪ The adventures of the mind And the conquest of the flesh ♪ That glimmers so that visions appear in a flash Initiating the chain reaction ♪ Culminating in the very fuel That drives us on Independent nature of man Of man ♪ The will to thrive, the will to leap Above the highest, the highest peak The will to thrive, the will to leap The will to swim Beneath the deep Fire Fire that burns ♪ The adventures of the mind And the conquest of the flesh