How close

To the fire

Do I have to get

To get you back

I'll go up in flames

I'll turn to ashes

And smoke

Just to be with you again

Hold you close

One more time

I would burn

Forever

Just to know

You forgave me

How close is too close

Until you know

 

My heart is a bomb

Ticking off time

Ready to go off

And explode

The pain

Is the same

And it hurts every day

I don't have you back

But if I knew

How to let you go

Maybe I would

Just to save you

From the pain

Of me letting you down

Because I know

Even through the mirrors and smoke

That I did you wrong

Let you down

And now

I don't know

How to make it right

 

I see you around

And it feels

Like I'm dying

Of a heart attack

Every move you make

Brings to life

The wake

Of what I carelessly misplaced

All those things I said

Things that can't be replaced

Had I known

As I dream of your face

I try to remember

How to breathe

How it is not to see

What is right in front of you

How I was so blind

I'll never understand

 

I let you go

WIthout even seeing my hands

Unclasp yours

You reached out for me

Screamed my name

Even as I turned my back

And walked away

You held on

And followed me

Right into the fire

And now

I'm alone

And somehow

I'm standing on my own

Just barely sleeping

Barely alive

Because I just need you

I need you more

Then ever before

So tell me

How close

Is too close