Released: November 18, 2016
Songwriter: Miranda Lambert Liz Rose Natalie Hemby
Producer: Frank Liddell Eric Masse Glenn Worf
[Verse 1]
I'm walking in their footsteps
I'm singing their old songs
Somebody blazed this trail
I'm treadin' 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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
I've been burned out 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
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
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
Ooh, ooh
I'm the keeper of the flame
Ooh, ooh
I'm walking in their footsteps
I'm singing their old songs
Somebody blazed this trail
I'm treadin' 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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
I've been burned out 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
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
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
Ooh, ooh
I'm the keeper of the flame
Ooh, ooh
more tracks from the album
The Weight of These Wings
- Vice
- Tin Man
- Good Ol’ Days
- Things That Break
- For the Birds
- Well-Rested
- Tomboy
- To Learn Her
- Bad Boy
- Six Degrees of Seperation
- Dear Old Sun
- Use My Heart
- Covered Wagon
- Keeper of the Flame
- Highway Vagabond
- Runnin’ Just in Case
- Ugly Lights
- You Wouldn’t Know Me
- We Should Be Friends
- Pink Sunglasses
- Getaway Driver
- Smoking Jacket
- Pushin’ Time
- I’ve Got Wheels
From the album
- The Weight of These Wings (2016)
Miranda Lambert popular songs
- Mama’s Broken Heart
- Tin Man
- Vice
- Little Red Wagon
- Somethin’ Bad
- Bluebird
- The House That Built Me
- Over You
- Runnin’ Just in Case
- Settling Down
- We Should Be Friends
- Gunpowder & Lead
- Tequila Does
- Highway Vagabond
- You Wouldn’t Know Me
- To Learn Her
- Pushin’ Time
- Kerosene
- Keeper of the Flame
- It All Comes Out in the Wash
- Things That Break
- Ugly Lights
- Only Prettier
- Use My Heart