(Intro – warm, open-tuned fingerpicked acoustic guitar with a woody upright bass) (Verse 1) Ash and embers in the valley floor, I’m setting my key by the screen on the door. Lord knows our fire was a holy blaze, A fever in the canyon, a mid-August haze. You had so much heat you just had to share, Scattering sparks into anybody's air. Well, you fed the dark and you burned up the bed— Three strikes, darling, and the fire is dead. (Chorus) And this bridge is gonna burn tonight, A clean line of smoke against the canyon light. There is no return, no water left to pour, You had heat for the world, but not for my door. Your flame reached too far and your love cut too wide— Now you’re standing alone, and I’m on the other side. (Verse 2) I swallowed the first lie like bitter black tea, Gave you a second chance down by the sycamore tree. You held me and swore that the well was run dry, With tears like sweet poison pooling in your eye. Just like a drought waiting on a wild wind, You went chasing the lightning all over again. No more second-guessing, no more delay— I’m striking the match, Chorus) And this bridge is gonna burn tonight, A clean line of smoke against the canyon light. There is no return, no water left to pour, You had heat for the world, but not for my door. Your flame reached too far and your love cut too wide— Now you’re standing alone, and I’m on the other side. (Instrumental Bridge – acoustic guitar solo, melancholy and biting, over a steady brushed snare) (Bridge) You’re out of the game, love, and I’m out the gate, Too tired to sorrow, too hollow to hate. The timber is cracking, the road turns to stone, I’d rather run frozen than warm you on loan. (Chorus) Yeah, this bridge is gonna burn tonight, Turning all of your wreckage to cinders and light. There is no return, no water left to pour, You had heat for the world, but not for my door. Your flame reached too far and your love cut too wide— Now you’re standing alone, and I’m on the other side. (Outro – music softens to gentle, ringing fingerpicking) I am on the other side...
