Fire And The Thud

You showed me my tomorrow

Beside a box of matches

A welcome threatening stir

My hopes of being stolen

Might just ring true

Depends who you prefer

But if it's true you're gonna run away

Tell me where

I'll meet you there

Am I snapping the excitement

If I pack away the laugther

And tell you how it feels

And does burden come to meet ya

If I've questions of the feature that runs on your dream wheel

The day after you stole my heart,

Everything I touched told me it would be better shared with you

With you

And now you're hiding in my sleep

And the book reveals your face

And there's a splashing in my eyelids

As the concentration continually breaks

I did request the mark you cast

Didn't heal as fast

I hear your voice in silences

Will the teasing of the fire be followed by the thud?

And the jostling crowd

You're not allowed to tell the truth

And the photo booth's a liar

And the sharpened explanation

But there's no screaming reason to inquire

I'd like to poke them in their prying eyes

With things they never see if it smacked them in their temples