Like wildfire
it starts in my chest
the silence grows louder
ringing out in my head
I feel the earth shaking under my feet
I feel the pressure building
until I can't breathe
and it takes everything
it all spills out
reckless
but honest words leave my mouth
like kerosene on the flame of doubt
I couldn't make it right
alarms will sound
but it's too late for holy water now
sooner or later the fire dies down
then I'll open up my eyes
and I'll try to find the image of God
in mountains made of ash and clouds of smoke
it's fight or flight buried in my bones
it's flight or flight that keeps my body whole
but I feel it break
with just one misstep down the fire escape
and suddenly I am someone that prays
a last minute man of faith
but I leave behind
miles and miles of jagged lines
upon the surface of the divine
I wish I could set them straight
til it all spills out
reckless
but honest words leave my mouth
like kerosene on the flame of doubt
I just couldn't make it right
alarms will sound
but it's too late for holy water now
sooner or later the fire dies down
then I'll open my eyes again