It was good to be there in the bright lights But I lost good friends under the spotlight Imagine if everybody knew your name but they had nothing nice to say, nothing nice to say? It was good to be living up the highlife But a come down's harder in the headlines Everybody tells you just to play the game But there's only you to play There's only you to play, when I tried chorus: I set fire to the glory I set fire to the dream I set fire to the only thing that led me from the streets Don't tell me it's over I don't wanna believe Coz I now I've opened my eyes and I have found a way to breath The truth sets me free I broke my back to make a breakthrough I lost my mind look what it came to? Oh, I had to lose it all so I could understand I was just a boy, in the shadow of a man chorus