[Verse 1]
Old man coat
smells like pine and petrol
Hands stained brown
from a life of making sparks
Laugh lines deep
like roots under gravel
Says, “Kid, you learn
when the dark gets dark”
[Chorus]
Forest gas fire
watch it lick the sky
Shadows jumping higher
while the tall pines sigh
All the trouble I’ve carried
turns to drifting black
Forest gas fire
and I ain’t looking back (oh no)
[Verse 2]
Rust red can
by a moss green stump
Breath fog thick
on a cold night air
Eyes catch glints
in the smoky clump
Tiny wild stars
floating everywhere
[Chorus]
Forest gas fire
watch it lick the sky
Shadows jumping higher
while the tall pines sigh
All the trouble I’ve carried
turns to drifting black
Forest gas fire
and I ain’t looking back (yeah)
[Bridge]
Neon black night
glows on my knuckles
Embers dance slow
like a corner club tune
I hum low notes
through the crackle and chuckle
Let the flames paint gold
on the face of the moon (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
Forest gas fire
watch it lick the sky
Shadows jumping higher
while the tall pines sigh
All the years I’ve wasted
curl in ash and crack
Forest gas fire
and I ain’t coming back