Through Flames

This was from a battle I had with someone on a forum. I refined it, and did some touch ups, and decided it was good enough to be a deviation.

On the left is a song, that I thought fit's the concept of the peice, and the man comming through the flame.

The lyrics read:

As a flower, eases its way through the sidewalk, I see it
... its color, possesses the town, creating all the by-standers, to frown
...as I walk up to it gracefully, theres nothing more, I've got to find a way oh ... theres nothing more, I've got to find a way, out
These thorns are protected by a layer, a layer of dust
...theses thorns are protected by the sidewalk
As I (as I) walk up (walk up) to it (to it) gracefully I'm stopped (stopped) and astounded (astounded) by its thorns
As I walk up to it gracefully, I'm stopped and astounded by it's thorns oh no

--Yesterday's Rising

Maybe it's just the song... the image is from here.