The Fires

They'll be back, I should pack my things and go

But you are now my home

You're every little piece of me

You're everything I know

Look, Stella, can you see the fires burning in the East?

The flames dance through the trees

But in my heart, something's keeping me

What if I don't want to leave?

How do you do it?

Face the fire all these years?

Somehow you manage

You're ravaged, but you persevere

Could I live through it?

Stand tall through it all, just like you?

Do I have what it takes

To hold on 'til the storm breaks?

If the fires come

Should I stay, protect you, life, and love?

If the fires come

Would I lose you like I lost him?

If the fires come

Could I dare risk my life for us?

If the fires come

Will I turn and run

Or stay for once?

If the fires comeOh, Stella, I've been caught in an awful dream

With the world spinning on in extremes

When it's all over and the sky reappears

Will we still be standing here?

'Cause all my life, I've run away

Go far, go faster, drive 'til I push down all the pain

Trying so hard not to feel

And maybe I have to if I want to heal

And from here, I can see it

All so clearly, oh

There is no great escape

No more running away

'Cause this time, for the first time

This time I'll stay

When the fires come

I will stand, surrender, come what may

When the fires come

If my whole world is gone

Could I finally face my son?

When the fires come

Let them come