Once, We Were Fire

There was a time when your eyes were home,

When I never felt like I was alone.

We built our world from a little bit of nothing,

Swore that forever would never mean something.

Your hand in mine, beneath the dying sun,

Two broken souls believing we were one.

I still remember the sound of your laugh,

Before forever became the past.

We were young.

We were blind.

We thought love could defeat time.

ONCE, WE WERE FIRE!

Burning brighter than the stars!

We were everything together,

Now we're strangers with old scars.

ONCE, WE WERE FIRE!

Now there's only smoke and rain.

I would give anything to feel it—

But I'll never burn that way again.

Your photograph still lives inside my room,

A frozen moment fighting off the gloom.

I know the person standing there is gone,

But some nights I swear you're still holding on.

We said things we'd never take away,

Made promises that couldn't survive the days.

Somewhere between goodbye and letting go,

We became two people we don't know.

We were real.

We were true.

And for a while, I belonged to you.

ONCE, WE WERE FIRE!

Burning brighter than the stars!

We were everything together,

Now we're strangers with old scars.

ONCE, WE WERE FIRE!

Now there's only smoke and rain.

I would give anything to feel it—

But I'll never burn that way again.

WE HAD A WORLD!

WE HAD A NAME!

WE HAD A LOVE

THAT DIED IN FLAMES!

I'D RATHER HAVE

THE PAIN OF LOSING

THAN NEVER KNOW

WHAT IT WAS LIKE

TO HAVE YOU!

Maybe love was never meant to last.

Maybe some things only live in the past.

And though I hate the way our story ends,

I'd live it all again.

Every kiss.

Every fight.

Every “stay.”

Every night.

Because for a little while...

We were everything.

ONCE, WE WERE FIRE!

And I'll carry that flame in my veins!

Even though you're gone forever,

What we had will still remain.

ONCE, WE WERE FIRE!

And I'll never call it a mistake.

Some loves die before we're ready—

Some memories never fade.

The fire is gone.

The ashes remain.

I don't want you back...

I just miss who we were.

Once, we were fire.

Once, we were us.