Backburner

I tried to put you on the back burner

Let you simmer on low

While I tended to the party

And the overflow

So you wouldn't boil over

I'd give a little stir

Maybe take a little taste just to make sure

It's a hell of a way to say, "Turn the flame up higher"

When I put you on the back burner, you set the place on fire

The party got awkward

I hope I didn't let 'em down

I just couldn't keep my cool

With you dancing around

And there's still champagne and I still want you

And maybe I was hoping this is what you'd do

It's a hell of a way to say, "Turn the flame up higher"

When I put you on the back burner, you set the place on fire

On fire

The corner of my eye, the edge of my mind

Couldn't hold you anymore

A little patience, a little time is all I was asking for

I had a dream that you waited for me

But like a lot of dreams go

I woke up in the ash of the afterglow

It's a hell of a way to pay for my desire

And it's a hell of a way to say, "Turn the flame up higher"

I try to put you on the back burner

I try to put you on the back burner

But when I put you on the back burner, you set the place on fire

On fire

You set the place on fire