Song | Magic And Loss - The Summation (LP Version) |
Artist | Lou Reed |
Album | Magic And Loss |
When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble | |
You pass through a maze of self doubt | |
When you pass through humble, the lights can blind you | |
Some people never figure that out | |
You pass through arrogance, you pass through hurt | |
You pass through an ever present past | |
And it’s best not to wait for luck to save you | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
It’s best not to wait for luck to save you | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
As you pass through the fire, your right hand waving | |
There are things you have to throw out | |
That caustic dread inside your head | |
Will never help you out | |
You have to be very strong, ’cause you’ll start from zero | |
Over and over again | |
And as the smoke clears there’s an all consuming fire | |
Lying straight ahead | |
Lying straight ahead | |
Lying straight ahead | |
As the smoke clears there’s an all consuming fire | |
Lying straight ahead | |
They say no one person can do it all | |
But you want to in your head | |
But you can’t be shakespeare and you can’t be joyce | |
So what is left instead | |
You’re stuck with yourself and a rage that can hurt you | |
You have to start at the beginning again | |
And just this moment this wonderful fire | |
Started up again | |
When you pass through humble, when you pass through sickly | |
When you pass through I’m better than you all | |
When you pass through anger and self deprecation | |
And have the strength to acknowledge it all | |
When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic | |
That let you survive your own war | |
You find that that fire is passion | |
And there’s a door up ahead not a wall | |
As you pass through fire as you pass through fire | |
Trying to remember it’s name | |
When you pass through fire licking at your lips | |
You cannot remain the same | |
And if the building’s burning move towards that door | |
But don’t put the flames out | |
There’s a bit of magic in everything | |
And then some loss to even things out | |
Some loss to even things out | |
Some loss to even things out | |
There’s a bit of magic in everything | |
And then some loss to even things out |
When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble | |
You pass through a maze of self doubt | |
When you pass through humble, the lights can blind you | |
Some people never figure that out | |
You pass through arrogance, you pass through hurt | |
You pass through an ever present past | |
And it' s best not to wait for luck to save you | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
It' s best not to wait for luck to save you | |
Pass through the fire to the light | |
As you pass through the fire, your right hand waving | |
There are things you have to throw out | |
That caustic dread inside your head | |
Will never help you out | |
You have to be very strong, ' cause you' ll start from zero | |
Over and over again | |
And as the smoke clears there' s an all consuming fire | |
Lying straight ahead | |
Lying straight ahead | |
Lying straight ahead | |
As the smoke clears there' s an all consuming fire | |
Lying straight ahead | |
They say no one person can do it all | |
But you want to in your head | |
But you can' t be shakespeare and you can' t be joyce | |
So what is left instead | |
You' re stuck with yourself and a rage that can hurt you | |
You have to start at the beginning again | |
And just this moment this wonderful fire | |
Started up again | |
When you pass through humble, when you pass through sickly | |
When you pass through I' m better than you all | |
When you pass through anger and self deprecation | |
And have the strength to acknowledge it all | |
When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic | |
That let you survive your own war | |
You find that that fire is passion | |
And there' s a door up ahead not a wall | |
As you pass through fire as you pass through fire | |
Trying to remember it' s name | |
When you pass through fire licking at your lips | |
You cannot remain the same | |
And if the building' s burning move towards that door | |
But don' t put the flames out | |
There' s a bit of magic in everything | |
And then some loss to even things out | |
Some loss to even things out | |
Some loss to even things out | |
There' s a bit of magic in everything | |
And then some loss to even things out |