I'm walking in their footsteps, I'm singing their old songs Somebody plays this trail, I'm treading 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 pilot lights waiting to ignite Like fireflies in the rain Keeper of the flame I've been burned down 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 pilot 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 pilot lights waiting to ignite Like fireflies in the rain Keeper of the flame I'm the keeper of the flame