Firework - Canyon City

Caroline,

I’ve been looking for the time to tell you that nothing feels the same since I

moved back from where you are.

Words don’t line up.

Every time I try to lay them down, the godforsaken page rips out,

and tears them into parts.

I’m tearing into parts.

'So hallelujah' reads the church sign on the sidewalk now I pass along the five

blocks to the amber colored doors.

What’s it to you if I still believe in magic;

See the beauty in our tragic and want to feel like there’s something more?

Since I told you that I loved you and you said that isn’t true,

Because you treat love like a firework just to keep the sky and muse.

You might find that given time,

The fire burns right down to fumes,

But you still stand too close.

California,

You can leave the money on the table and the silver and the halos of the angels

in her sky.

But I adore you.

And so I’m getting on this train home and I’m letting all these stars go,

I’m sleeping through the night.

Since I told you that I loved you and you said it might be true,

But you treat love like a firework just to keep the sky and muse.

You might find that over time,

and once the fire burns right down to fumes,

you still stand too close.

If I said again I love you,

Would you say you know it’s true?

We can treat love like a firework just to keep the sky and muse.

And we might find that given time, the fire burns right down to fumes,

But I’m still standing close.