Oh, I've been stumblin' through the darkness   Tryin' to feel the ground beneath my feet   Afraid of movin' much in any direction   Stuck where the past and the future meet      But I finally got my first good look   A little fire was all it too   An' as the flames grew brighter   I saw everything that I'd missed      Once you get your courage up   You light a match an' your eyes adjust   It's amazing what a man can see   By the light of a burnin' bridge      An' there were things I saw that I'm not proud of   Things that I'd do different now from then   But when I really make myself get honest   It's over and I can't go back again      'Cause I finally got my first good look   A little fire was all it took   An' as the flames grew brighter   I saw everything that I'd missed      Once you get your courage up   You light a match an' your eyes adjust   It's amazing what a man can see   By the light of a burnin' bridge      It sure is hard to let go   And to leave the past behind   But there ain't no other way   That you can find some peace of mind      When I finally got my first good look   A little fire was all it took   An' as the flames grew brighter   I saw everything that I'd missed      Once you get your courage up   You light a match an' your eyes adjust   It's amazing what a man can see   By the light of a burnin' bridge   It's amazing what a man can see   By the light of a burnin' bridge