I Was the Fire (pt. 3)

Verse 1 You thought I carried heaven Like a jewel upon my hand As though I chose the tides to follow Or taught the sea to kiss the land You thought each heart was conquered By some careful grand design You never saw the ash collecting Inside this heart of mine Pre-Chorus Don't ask the moon Why oceans rise. Don't ask the dawn Why darkness dies. Chorus I never carried the fire. I was the flame. Every heart that ever burned Left ashes in my name. Every kiss I ever answered Every soul I drew near Passed through me Before it reached you. I never held desire. Desire held me. Verse 2 The smith deserved my stillness The soldier knew my storm The poet heard tomorrow The drunkard found me warm I loved them all completely For the moment they were true Yet every door I opened Closed behind me too Pre-Chorus You call me faithless. Perhaps. But rivers cannot promise One shore forever. Bridge Would you chain the lightning? Would you cage the spring? Would you ask the blossom Not to welcome everything? I am no queen above the hunger. I kneel before it too. Final Chorus I never carried the fire. I was the flame. The first breath after loneliness. The last whisper before pain. Bless me. Curse me. Neither changes who I am. For before there was a lover... Before there was a promise... Before there was even a name... There was longing. And I... Awakened As it.