I am a wavering candle light
I remain but I?m ever slight
Through all my years
I sit
In my room in the fading light
Righting back all my wrongs tonight
Cos I?m still here
Boarded up all the doors
And I swallowed all the keys
I?m still haunted by
All the things I?ll never be
To live
Is to learn
Oh the heart?s a heavy burden
So I take
I don?t wait
Nothing ever is for certain
And I hold my hands up high
On my knees tonight
I?ll take
Won?t wait
I will live and learn my lesson here tonight
I
Never knew it could be so cold
But I burnt all the things I used to hold so dear
Still I fight
With my pen in my hand held tight
Writing protest songs tonight cos I?m still here
Boarded up all the doors
And I swallowed all the keys
I?m still haunted by
All the things I?ll never be
To live
Is to learn
Oh the heart?s a heavy burden
So I take
I don?t wait
Nothing ever is for certain
And I hold my hands up high
On my knees tonight
I?ll take
Won?t wait
I will live and learn my lesson here tonight
I will live and learn my lesson