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Now let me hammer this point home,
I see us all as lonely fires
That have burned alive as long as we remember
But like all fireworks and all sunsets,
We all burn in different ways-
You are a fast explosion and I am the embers

And though your flames are quick and mean,
They will not last the year
But expire like a sudden falling star
That only nightingales had seen
Before migrating to southern jungles
And in this way you will come find me in December

He said he'd like to move to Nashville, to master the guitar
Where he would live a single day the way I live a single year
Covered his body in mud, went hunting for the sun
Then went swimming in the lake of holy water

Oh, you are too hot for me, I am too slow for you
You are a fast explosion and I am the embers
You need the one who slowly burns, and burns to stay alive
And in this way you will come find me in December

Now let me hammer this point home,
I see us all as lonely fires
That have burned alive as long as we remember
But like all sacrificial virgins,
We all burn in different ways-
You are a fast explosion and I am the embers

And although your flames are quick and mean,
They will not last the year
But expire like a sudden falling star
That only nightingales had seen
Before transforming into bluebirds
And in this way, you will come find me in December