Jason Howland, Sutton Foster - The Fire Within Me lyrics

How do I go on? Just an empty room
All I have are memories i need a task to do
Someone give me a task to do i need a–

I thought that somehow we
Would always have forever
I thought the promises we made
Would have a different end
I thought the love we shared would
Keep us as we were it was the fire within me
We dreamed and plotted with
Abandon in this attic
When we were gathered here the
Room became our citadel
We were amazing then, my sisters and I
They were the fire within me

In this room, I knew we were alive
Nothing was too painful to survive
We faced the world together
The four of us forever side by side

Everything I promised was for them
I was theirs no matter where or when
How can that be lost forever
How when I gave everything with all my heart
It was several days before Christmas

It was several days before Christmas
My sisters sat about the parlor
And grumbled about their fate

Meg, the oldest and most romantic said
"It's not fair some girls have pretty
Things while we have nothing"

"And it won't be Christmas without presents
" said Amy with her usual pout

"And we haven't got Father to read to us
" said Jo who yearned to
Travel and write great books
Only Beth, sitting contented said, in a tone
So sweet, even angels would have listened
"But we've got each other"

(sung) everything I promised them is here
All of us the way we used to be
We will always have each other
They will always be the fire in my heart

Here I go, and there's no turning back
My great adventure has begun
I may be small but I've got giant plans
To shine as brightly as the sun

Here in all the smallest details of the past
Here in this attic suddenly
Life is something vast
The four of us forever here at last
As unexpected as can be

Astonishing