Girl on Fire

Over the summer I decided that the Hunger Games musical was a GREAT idea. So i wrote about 7 songs to go in said show. So this is the only song I've actually typed up. It would be the final song of Act 1 - right before Katniss learns that she can still be on a team with Peeta. Only problem is - I can't write music - so if anyone wants to collaborate - I'm in.

 

I crawled and starved through this neck of the woods

While they robbed us of our childhoods

And had my faith shaken where I stood

I fought within an inch of my life and

Held another’s life in my own hand

In my imagination

I could not’ve created such a hell

Threatened by capitol mutations

But this is what I’ve got to tell

                Chorus:

You stripped us of damn near everything

Took our humanity – stole our given names

Gave us a stupid number and put the rest up in flames

I’m not going down without a hell of a fight

The girl of fire burns on tonight

I saved Prim’s life but not that of Rue

I can’t save everyone – that much is true

The odds are not in my favor – that part I knew

But I’ve got to get back to district twelve

And save what little bit is left of myself

In my imagination

I could not’ve created this world

Of their sick and twisted creation

Watching this murder and mayhem unfurl

Chorus:

You stripped us of damn near everything

Took our humanity – stole our given names

Gave us a stupid number and put the rest up in flames

I’m not going down without a hell of a fight

The girl of fire burns on tonight

In these games the end justifies the means

But with the strength of a thousand TV screens

I’ll light up Panem and leave my mark

I don’t need Cinna’s dress to create a spark

I’m being forced into all the deadly sins

I’m not going to just survive – I’m going to win

Chorus:

You stripped us of damn near everything

Took our humanity – stole our given names

Gave us a stupid number and put the rest up in flames

I’m not going down without a hell of a fight

The girl of fire burns on tonight

In my imagination

I could not have felt this fire

I will not be ruled by Snow’s dictation

The revolution is what I will inspire

I’m not going down without a hell of  a fight

The girl on fire

The girl on fire

This girl on fire burns on tonight.