I threw away the evidence and every little trace
By now, it should be evident that I´m the one to blame
I own the conflagration, it was I who lit the flame

Then I flushed all of my matches down the drain

Oh, I know there´s no excuse for what I did
So the only thing I can do is admit

I was the arsonist
The one who burned us to the ground after the argument
Set fire to the room with our hearts in it
And though I said that you´re the one who started it
I started it
I was the arsonist
But now I´ll make it up to you for all the darkness
For everything I put you through, let me start with this
I started it

Now I´ll build back that room with our hearts in it
I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum

I´m siftin´ through the rubble and the ashes all around
Liftin´ with my shovel as it crashes through the ground
I´m reminded that the trouble, all the trouble that surrounds
Is my fault and I´m here to fix it now

Oh, I know there´s no excuse for what I did
So the only thing I can do is admit

I was the arsonist

The one who burned us to the ground after the argument
Set fire to the room with our hearts in it
And though I said that you´re the one who started it
I started it
I was the arsonist
But now I´ll make it up to you for all the darkness
For everything I put you through, let me start with this
I started it
Now I´ll build back that room with our hearts in it
I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum
I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, da

I´ll pay the fine, do the time, leave that person behind
Burn away the past and move past all my crime

I was the arsonist
The one who burned us to the ground after the argument
Set fire to the room with our hearts in it
And though I said that you´re the one who started it
I started it
I was the arsonist
But now I´ll make it up to you for all the darkness
For everything I put you through, let me start with this

I started it
Now I´ll build back that room with our hearts in it
I was the arsonist

Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, dum
I was the arsonist
Um, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, um, da-da, um, da