You need to harness pain   To raise yourself up again   You need to harness pain   And tell the truth about love      You need to break your heart   Before you can really start   You need to break your heart   And tell the truth about love      Then you need to set a goal   That you can't reach   Then you have to attack   Defenses you can't breach      Then you need to lose   And lose and lose again   If you want to hold the flame   You harness pain, you harness pain      You need to take your doubts   And spread them all about   You need to face your doubts   To tell the truth about love      You know the cliché?s wrong   Hatred is just as strong   You know it's just as strong   Just as strong as love      So you need to take your hate   And doubt and fear   Distill them through your word   'Til they run clear      'Til they run right through your heart   Like Highland rain   If you want to hold the flame   You harness pain, you harness pain      Do you want to be the best   Or be well known?   Do you want to repeat lines   Or write your own?      Do you want to follow paths   Or blaze a trail?   When you try to succeed   You mostly fail      And you're gonna lose   And lose and lose again   If you want to hold the flame   You harness pain, you harness pain