Fire and Gasoline

We were sparks in a basement show

Too loud for what we didn’t know

Your smile cracked like a broken amp

Still ringing in my skull

We talked big dreams, cheap cigarettes

Thought we’d outrun every doubt

But the city got inside your head

And you found a different way out

You said my name like an afterthought

Like it didn’t weigh a thing

Funny how the quiet hurts the most

After all that noise we made

I loved you like a reckless song

Played too hard, played too fast

Now I’m screaming into empty rooms

Trying not to miss the past

You were fire, I was gasoline

Guess we burned out instead

Now every streetlight knows your name

And every night’s stuck in my head

Your shadow’s still on every wall

In bars we swore we’d never leave

I see you in a stranger’s laugh

Like the world’s just mocking me

You said “I need to feel alive”

Like I was holding you down

But I was building us a home

While you were chasing the sound

I keep your jacket in my trunk

Like it’s proof you were real

Some things don’t fade with distance

They just learn how to steal

I loved you like a reckless song

Played too hard, played too fast

Now I’m screaming into empty rooms

Trying not to miss the past

You were fire, I was gasoline

Guess we burned out instead

Now every streetlight knows your name

And every night’s stuck in my head

If I see you at another show

I’ll pretend I’m doing fine

I’ll sing along to all your favorite bands

And leave you back in time

I loved you like a reckless song

No regrets, no disguise

If heartbreak’s just the price we pay

Then I paid it twice

You were fire, I was gasoline

Yeah, we burned but we felt alive

Now I’m turning this pain up loud

Just to hear myself survive

The feedback fades, the lights come on

I walk home with the sound

You were the best mistake I made

And I’d make it again right now