Flicker and Flame Lyrics

If you're sinking, I'll become the tide you ride

I'd flood the world just to pull you to my side

Turn to smoke, let my edges blur and bend

But I'd never find the strength to save myself again

I'm the match, and you're the flame

I'd flicker out, and you'd stay the same

I'd feed the fire, burn till I'm gone

But for my own soul, I can't hold on

I'd set the whole world ablaze to keep you warm

But I'd melt away in the eye of the storm

I'd be the kindling, watching it ignite

But saving myself? No spark in sight

I'd be the ash that drifts from the sky

For you, I'd burn, but never ask why

I'd let it all turn to dust, turn to air

But saving myself? I wouldn't dare

I'd be the flood that quenches all your drought

But let my own thirst bleed me out

I'd strike like lightning, flash in your sky

But I'm just thunder in my own goodbye

You're the forest, I'm the tree

I'll fall so you can grow free

I'll give you every ring inside my bark

But when I'm the fire, I can't find a spark

I'd set the whole world ablaze to keep you warm

But I'd melt away in the eye of the storm

I'd be the kindling, watching it ignite

But saving myself? No spark in sight

I'd be the ash that drifts from the sky

For you, I'd burn, but never ask why

I'd let it all turn to dust, turn to air

But saving myself? I wouldn't dare

I'm the ember, barely glowing bright

You're the flame, you steal the night

I'll let the fire take me whole

But I'll never fight for my own soul

I'd set the whole world ablaze to keep you warm

But I'd melt away in the eye of the storm

I'd be the kindling, watching it ignite

But saving myself? No spark in sight

I'd be the ash that drifts from the sky

For you, I'd burn, but never ask why

I'd let it all turn to dust, turn to air

But saving myself? I wouldn't dare