Verse
Duffel bag zipped, keys left on the counter
Last lap circling this three a.m. hour
Mirror still fogged from a hundred goodbyes
Tape on my knuckles, chalk in my eyes
Coach called it over but my feet won't stop
Every heartbeat's a metronome drop
Six-minute mile and the exit sign glows
Last time I'm lacing up these old clothes
Pre-Chorus
Can you hear it, the click of the clock
Counting down to the final block
Is this an ending or the start of the climb
Feel it building, one more time
Chorus
I'm burning down to run again
Every goodbye is a wildfire cadence
Ashes behind me, fire on my skin
Wildfire cadence, this is how I begin
Left foot grief, right foot grace
Wildfire cadence, I'm picking up pace
Nothing behind me but light and the wind
Wildfire cadence, over and over again
Verse
Old track numbers peeling off the wall
Same worn curve where I learned to fall
Now the gate's open, the field's turned gold
Every scar on my shins got a story told
Packed up the trophies, left doubt in the drawer
Never needed it, don't need it no more
Sunrise splitting the parking lot haze
Still out here running but changing my ways
Pre-Chorus
Can you hear it, the click of the clock
Counting down to the final block
Is this an ending or the start of the climb
Feel it building, one more time
Chorus
I'm burning down to run again
Every goodbye is a wildfire cadence
Ashes behind me, fire on my skin
Wildfire cadence, this is how I begin
Left foot grief, right foot grace
Wildfire cadence, I'm picking up pace
Nothing behind me but light and the wind
Wildfire cadence, over and over again
Bridge
Maybe the goodbye was the gun that fired
Maybe the ending is what lit the pyre
I don't need a finish line to feel alive
I was never the ride, I'm the fire inside
Chorus
I'm burning down to run again
Every goodbye is a wildfire cadence
Ashes behind me, fire on my skin
Wildfire cadence, this is how I begin
Left foot grief, right foot grace
Wildfire cadence, I'm picking up pace
Nothing behind me but light and the wind
Wildfire cadence, this is how I begin
