Strange Fire

We use to walk in each other arms
"it was one on one," that's what you said
Now the moon is a sliver in our eye
We stumble bleeding on this broken glass

There was too much repetition
(over and over and over again)
You know we're past the point of sane
(over and over and over again)
All this broken glass you left behind
Won't let you make a clean, clean
I said walk away

Now we're crossing from the sacred ground
Where we once held each other, and each other's names
And the words are sparse, and we feel so profound
But babe you know all i feel, honey i feel so ashamed

Ah cause there was, there was too much repetition
Ah you know you know you know
You know we're past the point of sane
Ah oh
All this broken glass we left behind
It won't let us make a clean, clean
I said walk away
Ah yeah walk away
Oh no walk away
Baby baby walk away
Ah oh
I said walk away
Walk away
Oh no walk away
Baby baby walk away

There was a time when we gave everything
And it was true babe, true enough to bleed
(true enough to bleed baby)
But now you feel that you've got nothing left
If there's nothing to lose babe
Ah babe don't you know by now
Then there's nothing to gain
Ah no walk away
Ah no walk away
Oh baby baby walk away

You know i'd still hold you if i could
Its hard not to try and change try to change your mind
I'm a pillar of salt and i want you to understand me
Cause honey this is the last time, it's the last time
I ever look behind
Ah yeah walk away
Ah no walk away
Baby baby walk away
All right
Let's go

Ah i said walk away
Ah yeah walk away
Ah no walk away
Baby baby walk away
Ah no i said walk away
(don't you know we used to walk)
Come on now baby walk away
(in each others arms)
I said close your eyes walk away
(hand in hand)
Baby baby try to listen to me i want to tell you
(that's what you said to be baby yeah)
Now walk away
(now the moon)
Ah yeah walk away
(is a sliver in our eyes)
Try to learn to look inside walk away
(and we stumble)
Baby baby baby baby baby baby
(walking on broken glass)
I said walk away come on now baby
Walk away
I said listen to me
Walk away baby baby
Now i've got something that i want to tell you
Walk away
Ah no walk away
Ah baby
I said you've got to know by now
Come on baby

Everybody loves you
And they want to know your story
You go riding out a mystery
Concealed in all your glory
But when it comes to flesh and bones
You remind me of shallot
Only made of shadows
Even though you're not

I remember how i spent
All my energy and time
With affected conversation
Trying to pry inside your mind
You are as beautiful as truth
And as empty as a shell
And i came to you one night
And it made me feel like hell

Oh to reach through all your surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride
As i lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart
And left me a fool
Left me a fool

Everybody loves a hero
An image to create
The antithesis of everything
Inside ourselves we hate
But you'd better close your eyes
When it's time for them to die
Because you'd hate to think the life
You'd built upon them was a lie

Oh to reach through all your surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride
As i lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart
And left me a fool
Left me a fool

I resign myself to silence
I will never blow your cover
No one ever has to know
Who the hero took for lover
But it has come to mind as you blaze on
As brilliant as a star
How many you've left behind
How many casualties there are

Oh to reach through all your surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride
As i lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart
And left me a fool
Left me a fool

Love is but a song we sing
And fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
You may not know why

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Some may come and some may go
We will surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment's sunlight
Fading in the grass yeah

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

If you hear the song we sing
You will understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Try to love one another right now
Try to love one another right now

I'm in search of greener pastures
Don't like my garden's what i said
Although i'm working harder than last year
I'm still deep in the red
I am rowing as hard as i can
And they're selling me up a stream
I'm always one more step away
From the american dream

I got a chip on my shoulder
About the size of a mental block
I've got someone on the telephone
Trying to sell me a future in stock
Maybe i work too hard to be happy
And i should practice letting go
But it's hard not to rock the boat
When you're sailing against the undertow

I want to slide into the black
And wear the black mask
I might not get what i lack
But it doesn't hurt to ask
If i want to sail
I need my life to be breezier
I said please god or someone
Make it easier

I went to sunday school every sunday
Swallowed the bait and i got the hook
When i needed something someday
I would read the good book
Tell me what does it take to get ahead
Sometimes i know i'd sell my soul
When it looks like everybody else is flying
And i'm crawling in the hole

Well maybe if i open my own business
Maybe if i buy a lottery ticket
Someone tell me what is the secret
To getting out of the thicket
Give me more than just a sample
I need a whole lot of glory
My life become an example
Of the american success story

I want to slide into the black
And wear the black mask
I might not get what i lack
But it doesn't hurt to ask
If i want to sail
I need my life to be breezier
I said please god or someone
Make it easier

I want to slide into the black
And wear the black mask
I might not get what i lack
But it doesn't hurt to ask
If i want to sail
I need my life to be breezier
I said please god or someone
Make it easier
Make it easier
Make it easier

When i let you go
I cursed myself with empty hands
Strong enough to watch you walk
But not enough to understand
With spiteful eyes you burn for my grace
I was trying to stand outside of this
You were trying to save face

You can say that i don't care
I don't care
You can hope that we still
Have something left to share
But just between you baby and me
Just between me baby and you
There's nothing there

I finally found someone i can hold
You ask me to defend myself
As if i shouldn't be so bold well
Get that look off of your face
I don't have the time
You don't have the place

To say that i don't care
I don't care
To hope that we still
Have something left to share
And just between me baby and you
Just between you baby and me
There's nothing there

Baby what are you gonna do
I can't salvage any truth for you
Everybody else already knows
It hurts you to realize
So leave well enough
Enough alone

And you don't need my hands
To help you understand
You don't need to hear my voice
(you have no choice)
So don't be throwing stones
The closer we get
The harder they come
Now even if your feeling alone
Don't come home
Cause when it was up to you
When it was up to you
You left it up to me
Oh you left
Oh you left
Oh you left it up to me
When it was up to you
You left it up to me