Interpret:

Lou Reed

Album:

Magic And Loss

When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble
You pass through a maze of self doubt
When you pass through humble, the lights can blind you
Some people never figure that out


You pass through arrogance, you pass through hurt
You pass through an ever present past
And it's best not to wait for luck to save you
Pass through the fire to the light


Pass through the fire to the light
Pass through the fire to the light
It's best not to wait for luck to save you
Pass through the fire to the light


As you pass through the fire, your right hand waving
There are things you have to throw out
That caustic dread inside your head 
Will never help you out


You have to be very strong, 'cause you'll start from zero
Over and over again
And as the smoke clears there's an all consuming fire
Lying straight ahead


Lying straight ahead
Lying straight ahead
As the smoke clears there's an all consuming fire
lying straight ahead


They say no one person can do it all
But you want to in your head
But you can't be Shakespeare and you can't be Joyce
So what is left instead


You're stuck with yourself and a rage that can hurt you
You have to start at the beginning again
And just this moment this wonderful fire 
Started up again


When you pass through humble, when you pass through sickly
When you pass through I'm better than you all
When you pass through anger and self deprecation
And have the strength to acknowledge it all


When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic
That let you survive your own war
You find that that fire is passion
And there's a door up ahead not a wall


As you pass through fire as you pass through fire
trying to remember its name
When you pass through fire licking at your lips
You cannot remain the same


And if the building's burning move towards that door
But don't put the flames out
There's a bit of magic in everything
And then some loss to even things out


Some loss to even things out
Some loss to even things out
There's a bit of magic in everything
And then some loss to even things out