the arsonist

Alec Benjamin

I threw away the evidence and every little trace
By now, it should be evident that I m the one to blame
I own the conflagration, it was I who lit the flame
Then I flushed all of my matches down the drain

Oh, I know there s no excuse for what I did
So the only thing I can do is admit

I was the arsonist
The one who burned us to the ground after the argument
Set fire to the room with our hearts in it
And though I said that you re the one who started it
I started it
I was the arsonist
But now I ll make it up to you for all the darkness
For everything I put you through, let me start with this
I started it
Now I ll build back that room with our hearts in it
I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum

I m siftin through the rubble and the ashes all around
Liftin with my shovel as it crashes through the ground
I m reminded that the trouble
all the trouble that surrounds
Is my fault and I m here to fix it now

Oh, I know there s no excuse for what I did
So the only thing I can do is admit

I was the arsonist
The one who burned us to the ground after the argument
Set fire to the room with our hearts in it
And though I said that you re the one who started it
I started it
I was the arsonist
But now I ll make it up to you for all the darkness
For everything I put you through, let me start with this
I started it
Now I ll build back that room with our hearts in it
I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum
I was the arsonist
Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, da

I ll pay the fine, do the time
Leave that person behind
Burn away the past and move past all my crime

I was the arsonist
The one who burned us to the ground after the argument
Set fire to the room with our hearts in it
And though I said that you re the one who started it
I started it
I was the arsonist
But now I ll make it up to you for all the darkness
For everything I put you through, let me start with this
I started it
Now I ll build back that room with our hearts in it
I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum
I was the arsonist
Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, da