As you spoke
Of vegas and of vanity
A kindness grew inside your cheeks
It starts a tear along the seams

And you told
Of that burn inside your throat
How it made you feel alive
Why you set it all on fire
And how you'll never let it die
How you'll never let it die(how you'll never let it die

And all, the while
I understood completely
Even as, you said
"I hope you can believe me"
What you love, you burn
Till the embers fade like beauty
And the glow it keeps you warm

And how you drove
New york from new mexico
And of the kids he left alone
The debt you'll pay but never owed

And how you lost
That feeling in your arm
Felt his hands around your throat
Of your father and his gun
I would've let that trigger slip
I would've let that trigger slip
You know I'd kill him in his sleep

And all, the while
I understood completely
Even as, you said
"I hope you can believe me"
What you love, you burn
Till the embers fade like beauty
And the glow it keeps you warm

But don't worry dear someday you'll find the fire that doesn't burn
Someday you'll find the fire that doesn't burn
Someday you'll find the fire that doesn't burn
Till then you'll always set it all on fire
You'll always set it all on fire
You'll always set it all on fire
And I understood that all the while