Story Behind The Song

I was always thinking about - what if? - rather than moving on in my life and goals I felt I was always holding myself back with memories of mistakes and wrong choices and decisions - I had to take those memories- mostly in the form of photo album filled with pictures of a failed marriage and put them in the trash to burn - helping me move on

Song Description

If I keep thinking about the past I will not be able to move forward- I will take all the bad memories of the past and burn them up

Lyrics

Burn It Up

If I think about it all the time
It really fogs me up, contaminates my mind
I see, it gets the better of me

So I've said some things you really hate
I've made some stupid moves, I've made some big mistakes
I've learned, can't carry them forever

So I'll gather up the pieces that are broken from the past
And I'll tie them with a ribbon and I'll say farewell at last

I've got to burn it up, burn it up

Standing in a room I call the past
I want to tear it down, lock it up at last
Let go, of what is holding me back

I always tell you what is on my mind
I always tell the truth and as the years go by
I find, I want to change it now forever

I've got to keep it forward
I can't let it pull me down
I just seem to be unsettled
With these memories around

I've got to burn it up, burn it up
Gather up the pieces of the past
Pieces that are broken down
Burn it burn it burn it down