Feathered to the Fire

I’ve been watching the light start to fade on the wall Counting the cracks in the plaster and waiting for your call There’s a silence in here that I can’t quite explain Like the calm in the air right before all the pouring rain You left your old leather jacket draped over the chair And a faint scent of cedar and smoke is still lingering there I’m pacing the floorboards until they start to groan It’s a different kind of heavy when you’re standing all alone Every ticking of the clock is a beat that I miss I’m still caught in the shadow of our very last kiss And I’m burning through the night just to find where you are Following the ghost of a light from a dying star Yeah, my heart is a rhythm that’s breaking the skin Letting the wildness and all of the thunder back in You’re the fire in the cold, you’re the edge of the knife You’re the only thing keeping me tethered to life Oh, I’m screaming your name till the echoes go thin Waiting for the moment that you let me back in We were sparks in a canyon, just waiting to bloom Now I’m chasing your ghost through every single empty room The radio’s humming a song that we used to know About high-speed chases and places we promised to go I remember the way that the gravel would spray When we drove out of town at the end of a long, bitter day You told me that forever was a promise we’d keep Now I’m losing my mind while the rest of the city’s asleep I’m sharpening the edges of the words I should say But they crumble to dust when you look at me that way And I’m burning through the night just to find where you are Following the ghost of a light from a dying star Yeah, my heart is a rhythm that’s breaking the skin Letting the wildness and all of the thunder back in You’re the fire in the cold, you’re the edge of the knife You’re the only thing keeping me tethered to life Oh, I’m screaming your name till the echoes go thin Waiting for the moment that you let me back in It’s not a soft kind of love, it’s a beautiful war It’s the shaking of the windows and the slamming of the door It’s the grit in the teeth and the salt in the wound It’s a symphony played just a little bit out of tune But I wouldn’t trade the wreckage for a moment of peace I’m begging the heavens for a little release Just give me the static, just give me the heat Until I can feel my heart start to beat And I’m burning through the night just to find where you are Following the ghost of a light from a dying star Yeah, my heart is a rhythm that’s breaking the skin Letting the wildness and all of the thunder back in You’re the fire in the cold, you’re the edge of the knife You’re the only thing keeping me tethered to life Oh, I’m screaming your name till the echoes go thin Waiting for the moment that you let me back in Yeah, I’m waiting for you In the dark, in the heat, in the blue Just let me back in Let the fire begin Let it all begin