Read some kerouac and it put me on the track   To burn a little brighter now.   It was something about roman candles fizzin' out,   Shine a little light on me now,   I found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation   Alcohol can thrill me now   It's getting late in the game to show any pride or shame   Burn a little brighter now      Doctor says my liver looks like leaving with my lover,   Need another time out now,   Like any sort of hero turnin' down to zero   Standing out in any crowd   Pulling seventeen with experience and dreams,   Sweating out a happy hour,   When you're hiding twenty nine you know it ain't a crime   To burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now      (spoken - doctor:) "and my advice is if you maintain this lifestyle you won't reach thirty"   (torch:) "it's a kind of romantic way to go really, part of the heritage.   It's your round i'n'it? "      We burn a little brighter now   Read some kerouac and it put me on the track to burn a little brighter now   It was something about roman candles fizzin' out,   Shine a little light on me now,   I found a strange fascination with a liquid fixation,   Alcohol thrill me now   Getting late in the game to show any pride or shame   We burn a little brighter now, burn a little brighter now