i can see you with your brothers
and your homes have been blessed
but you walk in a rubble
you walk in a mess
looking for trouble
there’s a fox in the nest
kick up your heels on the double
put the mocking to rest
 
i am a fire if you hesitate
bang bang hurry up
but you watch with the eyes
in the jaws of a boy
who will never recognize his luck
 
i am a fire if you hesitate
tie your laces up
but you watch with the eyes
in the jaws of a boy
who is never gonna come unstuck
 
what you say undercover
in the belly of the beast
blaze a trail at their pace
jump up for the peak
as the words pile up
like an accident
it’s just semantics
 
i am a fire if you hesitate
bang bang hurry up
but you watch with the eyes
in the jaws of a boy
who will never recognize his luck
 
i am a fire if you hesitate
tie your laces up
but you watch with the eyes
in the jaws of a boy
who is never gonna come unstuck
 
this is how he sees it
this is how he works
this is how he functions
i know why it hurts
i can hear him heaving
“watch me take a word and turn it into magic”