So I was born a baby boy a long time ago Back when the hillsides were green and the water would flow But nights they fall and settle like snow I watched as the hillside turned white, with no way to go Oh, I think I'm gonna start a fire Oh, I think I'm gonna start a fire Well, my heart's a frozen lake where streams used to flow Down to the forest of my mind where memory would grow And I walk amongst the trees where the last sun glows The leaves are all golden and brown, with nowhere to go Oh, I think I'm gonna start a fire Oh, I think I'm gonna start a fire My skin like these boulders is cracking and older with each passing year that goes My clear face is crumbling, silently tumbling down to the water below And if I lied to my child, I'd be able to catch the last sun before it goes And oh, I think I'm gonna start a fire Oh, I think I'm gonna start a fire Oh, I think I'm gonna start a fire