I'm walking in their footsteps 
I'm singing their old songs 
Somebody blazed this trail 
I'm treadin' on 
I'm bent, but I'm not broken 
I'm stronger than I feel 
I'm made of flesh and bone 
Not made of steel 

I'm the keeper of the flame 
The teller of the story 
Keeper of the flame 
For the ones that came before me 
For the little poly lights waiting to ignite 
Like fireflies in the rain 
Keeper of the flame 

I've been burned out to ashes 
Waiting for a wind 
To carry me and start a fire again 
Sometimes I'm just a flicker 
A candle in your eye 
But I swear to God 
I'll never let it die 

I'm the keeper of the flame 
The teller of the story 
Keeper of the flame 
For the ones that came before me 
For the little poly lights waiting to ignite 
Like fireflies in the rain 
Keeper of the flame 

When I'm drowning 
When I'm fighting 
When I'm screaming 
When I'm hiding 
When I'm losing 
When I'm winning 
I go back to 
The beginning 

Keeper of the flame 
The teller of the story 
Keeper of the flame 
I'm not doing it for the glory 
But for those little poly lights waiting to ignite 
Like fireflies in the rain 
Keeper of the flame 
I'm the keeper of the flame 
Ooooh, oooh 
I'm the keeper of the flame 
Ooooh, oooh