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I had been putting out your fires for years So no wonder you mistook me for kindling And lit me on fire just to keep you warm Your hands shook as you lit the match But I, stood still cause I was blinded by your light I've risen from the ashes I may not be fireproof but **** am I resistant I mean resilient You reached for the extinguisher Too little too late You had already taken to a new girl to dry out before she would go up in flames I loved her, too But she watched me burn Just so she could have you So why am I so eager to forgive the arsonist Even though he's suffocating and won't ask for the oxygen he needs Before we know it he'll mistake himself for kindling too
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Sep 17, 2016
Sep 17, 2016 at 11:01 PM UTC
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I had been putting out your fires for years So no wonder you mistook me for kindling And lit me on fire just to keep you warm Your hands shook as you lit the match But I, stood still cause I was blinded by your light I've risen from the ashes I may not be fireproof but **** am I resistant I mean resilient You reached for the extinguisher Too little too late You had already taken to a new girl to dry out before she would go up in flames I loved her, too But she watched me burn Just so she could have you So why am I so eager to forgive the arsonist Even though he's suffocating and won't ask for the oxygen he needs Before we know it he'll mistake himself for kindling too
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Sep 17, 2016
Sep 17, 2016 at 11:01 PM UTC
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