Ash in the Fire

You like the way the fire moves When it doesn’t ask you first You like the heat around my name The stories that it burns You saw the crack across the armor Thought it meant you could get near You heard me once and stayed for more Now you’re standing here I told you once I don’t go out quiet The closer that you get The more it costs to stay You’re ash in the fire Don’t reach for me I rise, I fall, I do it with Grace You want the heat but you can't take the burn You’re ash in the fire And you won’t return Too bright to hold Too late to turn You’re ash in the fire I left the wreckage looking finished So you wouldn’t have to see How many times the same ground burned Before it held my weight again You touch the edge and call it courage I call it what remains The fire doesn’t need your watching It already knows the flame I told you once I don’t go out quiet The closer that you get The more it costs to stay You’re ash in the fire Don’t reach for me I rise, I fall, I do it with Grace You want the heat but you can't take the burn You’re ash in the fire And you won’t return Too bright to hold Too late to turn You’re ash in the fire You can watch it from the dark You can count the times I fall But every time you step inside The light takes all I don’t ask you to stay I don’t ask you to go I just keep the fire moving And you already know You’re ash in the fire Don’t reach for me I rise, I fall, I do it with Grace You want the heat but you can't take the burn You’re ash in the fire And you won’t return Too bright to hold Too late to turn You’re ash in the fire You’re ash in the fire You can love the way it looks From where you stand Just don’t ask me why You grab my hands You turn to ash