Summers end evokes an ache so tender and calm
That sits beneath your chest - demanding to be felt
It’s quiet and consuming
As you lay with it at night
And In the quiet hours it’s what’s keeping you alive

This irreverent sting is all that’s left
In the wake of the snowstorm -
It’s the only reminder there was light before the fall
But fires don’t burn forever - day always turns into night
And the night pales in comparison
And the low is greater than the high
Then that familiar feeling reopens old scars
And you hang there by a thread slighted until you're starved

He’s lost in the beauty brought from the night
Says it’s a gift from the moon that disappears in the light
He’s wild at heart
And his mind is a storm
He rages through life
Hell bent for more

Born to resist
And hungry for life
He gets caught between the wrong and right
His intentions are gold
But he dares to be bold
He’s a rebel in disguise
Or so he’s been told

He does what most wont to feel alive
Anything to make his heart beat out of time
He writes your name on the soles of his feet
And he runs
He runs
Until they bleed

Away from the light
Far from what’s real
He runs
He runs
Until they bleed

I fear a feel no shame
Looks burn through me with pure disdain
Bloodshot eyes and the widest of smiles
Brown dust
Burnt up
Messed up tonight
Gonna feel it this time
'Cause I hit it more real this time

You say I always take it way too far
Now I'll never change from where you are
I have a restless mind
Cracked mirrors don't lie
Born for chaos
I fade into the night
Dancing barefoot with flickering fire
Always a wild one - strung tight as wire
I come around to tell him that I want more
He says to be cool
I say this is what I live for

I self destruct
It's what I do best
I wreck things I love
I leave behind mess

I'm on a war path of my own
And I burn bridges better than most
Set in my ways like stone
I keep wandering lonely roads

Brought up in a tired old town
I've never been one for sticking around
I've got madness on my mind
I keep running to leave it behind

This cold heart keeps warm
Wrapped up in trouble is all I know
I wear it like an armour
Sticks and stones won't break these bones

Wise crack
Wild as a fire
I'll say the wrong thing
Build you up like a tower

Then you'll crash to the ground
When I leave this old town
Don't be surprised when I say
I never wanted to stay

You feed me words I swallow whole
Hung up on everything you do
You give my heart that summer night feeling
My head is spinning
My stomach is reeling
You shoot me that look and my bones start the shake
I know this time it's my heart at stake
Your fingertips begin to trace my skin
As the trees outside sway in the wind
From the outside I'm calm and steady
But on the inside my blood feels heady
When the light hits your eyes
You've never looked so fine  
You pull me closer
And we dance till its light
In our wildest moments I feel so alive
I said I fell for you
It was a crash dive

Shook up inside these walls
The ones I built to never fall
There's chaos in my mind
A darkness left undefined

To catch a glimpse of me
Look into my eyes
I'll never say what's on my mind
Still waters run deeper this time

Cut through my solid walls
Chip through my concrete edges  
Pierce through the cold barrage
Stand taller than all my ledges  

Waves crash all around me
I'm stranded yet unbound
I'm neither here nor there
Never lost nor found

But I'll be yours to figure out.

Set fire to my skin
Let me feel something again
Watch me as I burn
And I breathe you in

In the dark of the night I can feel you
And I need this feeling to last
I repent for my ways
Relive those dark days
And I lose my mind over you

When the lights go off do you feel the same?

When the lights go on do we begin again?