Fire Before Smoke

by michaelcahill

INTRO
Shiverin' to the bone

VERSE
Smoke before fire, smoke before fire
that's what they tell me, anyway
I'm spontaneous combustion
waiting for the signal to explode

Smoke before fire, smoke before fire
waiting for ignition
in a smoldering sleep

SPOKEN
It's after sundown
and the creatures are stirring
and they are pale
and you can see it
and they are frail
and you can feel it
and you are pure heat
or you wouldn't be here
wheezing in the dark

VERSE
smoke before fire
that's what they tell me anyway
well, touch me then
I want to burn
fire before smoke, fire before smoke

BRIDGE
smoke fills the air
but it hangs there nonetheless
trapped by geometric frost drawings
sure, the matchheads hot
to the fingertips
but a volcano's lips
you can't keep that eruption down
fire needs the ignition
of a fire starter
but the tundra never seems
to be a cozy home
when you're shiverin' to the bone

VERSE
I'm waiting
just in case a campfire
slips over the horizon
but I know deep down
that a campfire won't do
not with the memory
of a forest fire haunting me
I need the advice
of an arsonist
when I'm shiverin' to the bone
shiverin' to the bone

VAMP OUT and FADE
I don't require
I don't inquire
when I'm shiverin' to the bone

Fire before smoke
it's my own private joke
smoke before fire
smoke before fire
to the bone, to the bone
to the bone

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Fire Before Smoke

by michaelcahill

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