The Arsonist – English Lyrics

• By: Alec Benjamin
• Album: 12 Notes

Lyrics & Translation

Explore themes of accountability and redemption in Alec Benjamin's "The Arsonist." This introspective track offers a chance to learn how to express remorse and the desire for reconciliation, using vivid metaphors and heartfelt lyrics. Discover how acknowledging our mistakes can be the first step towards rebuilding relationships.

[English]

I threw away the evidence and every little trace

By now, it should be evident that I'm the one to blame

I own the conflagration, it was I who lit the flame

Then I flushed all of my matches down the drain

Oh, I know there's no excuse for what I did

So, the only thing I can do is admit

I was the arsonist

The one who burned us to the ground after the argument

Set fire to the room with our hearts in it

And though I said that you're the one who started it, I started it

I was the arsonist, but now I'll make it up to you for all the darkness

For everything I put you through, let me start with this

I started it, and now I build back that room with our hearts in it

I was the arsonist

Um, num, num, num, num, num, num-duh-dum

I'm sifting through the rubble in the ashes all around

Lifting with my shovel as it crashes through the ground

I'm reminded that the trouble, all the trouble that surrounds

Is my fault and I'm here to fix it now

Oh, I know there's no excuse for what I did

So, the only thing I can do is admit

I was the arsonist

The one who burned us to the ground after the argument

Set fire to the room with our hearts in it

And though I said that you're the one who started it, I started it

I was the arsonist, but now I'll make it up to you for all the darkness

For everything I put you through, let me start with this

I started it, and now I build back that room with our hearts in it

I was the arsonist

Um, num, num, num, num, num, num-duh-dum

I was the arsonist

Um, num, num, num, num, num, num-duh-dum

I'll pay the fine, do the time, leave that person behind

Burn away the past and move past all my crime

I was the arsonist

The one who burned us to the ground after the argument

Set fire to the room with our hearts in it

And though I said that you're the one who started it, I started it

I was the arsonist, but now I'll make it up to you for all the darkness

For everything I put you through, let me start with this

I started it, now I build back that room with our hearts in it

I was the arsonist

Um, num, num, num, num, num, num-duh-dum

I was the arsonist

Um, num, num, num, num, num, num-duh-dum

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