The Same Fire - Bishop Allen

In rivulets the paper set

The water rushed and tumbled

All around our feet

It was an inch deep in the street

It started in a factory

A block of flame

A knot of smoke all gnarled and black

And the heat that pushed us back

And this

This is the same fire

And this

This is the same fire

And i was there when the rain came

When the wind and wet and ashes

Made me speckled black

And so i ran the five blocks back

And when you came to the door

And you let me in

It’s like i saw you for the very first time again

You were beautiful

Goddamn you were beautiful

And this

This is the same fire

And this

This is the same fire

And this

This is the same fire

That you light in me

That you light in me

That you light in me

That you light in me

The white house 1814

Moscow 1812

San francisco after the earthquake

I loved you then as well

The library of alexandria

And all of rome at least twice

And i know this is the biggest blaze

I’ve ever seen in my entire life

A million firefighters

And 99 alarms

An ocean full of water

I will burn through it all unharmed

I will burn through it all unharmed

I will burn through it all unharmed

For you

You’re so beautiful

Goddamn you’re so beautiful

This, this is the same fire

This, this is the same fire

This, this is the same fire (that you light in me)

This, this is the same fire (that you light in me)

This, this is the same fire (that you light in me)

This, this is the same fire (that you light in me)