Lou Reed - Magic and Loss lyrics

When you pa** through the fire You pa** through humble You pa** through a maze of self doubt When you pa** through humble The lights can blind you Some people never figure that out You pa** through arrogance, you pa** through hurt You pa** through an ever-present past And it's best not to wait for luck to save you Pa** through the fire to the light As you pa** 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 They say no one person can do it all But you want to in your head But 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 pa** through humble When you pa** through sickly When you pa** through I'm better than you all When you pa** 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 pa**ion And there's a door up ahead; not a wall As you pa** through fire, as you pa** through fire Trying to remember its name When you pa** 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