Wildfire

I've been on my own as long as I remember An ornery stretch of hardwood content to wait his turn Then you fluttered by a brightly burning ember you set my world on fire babe, sat back and watched it burn A single spark on the summer plains Ignites the dark into a field of dancing flames We gave in to the simplest of desire And watched that spark turn to wildfire Then the sky busted open Like the book of Revelations The smell of Bulleit Rye and brimstone filled the August air Never meant for this to happen Complete and utter devastation A flame that burns this bright is a flame that don't burn long So here I am standing On the site of something tragic Cooled ash and scourged earth is all that we've left to show And if there's one thing I've learned There's a part of death that's magic Destroying something to make way for something else to grow