of vegas and vanity

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

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