[Verse 1] I still see her on that dirt road Summer heat, the fireflies' electric hum Her black hair tangled, wild Green eyes that stopped time We were seventeen and reckless In the barn loft, her back against the wood Kissing until our mouths went numb Until the sun forgot to set [Verse 2] We'd drive out to the river Her palm flat on my thigh, laughing Honeysuckle caught in her hair I'd taste her collarbone, taste the trouble Her daddy's truck headlights sweeping the road But we burned brighter every night Like we were the only match That could light up the dark [Chorus] She was ebony and emerald fire Everything I wanted, everything I'd burn for Black hair, green eyes, that glow I can't let those memories go She was my religion, my rebel song And somewhere deep I knew This kind of burning doesn't end It just learns to ache [Verse 3] We carved our initials in the oak tree Down by the water where nobody looked She wore my jacket through September Smelled like her skin and my cologne We made plans that tasted like forever Until forever got smaller, got complicated Got buried under college letters and distance And the names of other people [Verse 4] Life pulled us different directions Like we were always meant to split But I'd drive that same dirt road sometimes Looking for the version of her That still exists in the August heat Still laughing with her hand on my knee Still tasting like wildness and want Still mine in every way that mattered [Chorus] She was ebony and emerald fire My wildest dream, my dark desire Black hair, green eyes, that glow These memories won't let me go She was my religion, my rebel song The only gospel I believed in And even now, even with someone else I'm still reaching for that barn loft Still tasting honeysuckle and trouble [Bridge] Some people you don't get over You just get older You learn to carry them Like a scar that reminds you You were alive once You burned like that once You mattered that much [Final Chorus] She was ebony and emerald fire Everything I ever wanted, everything I'd die for Black hair, green eyes, that glow These memories own me still She was my religion, my rebel song And forever, she's where I belong In that barn loft, in that river In the place where I was brave enough To burn
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