Anvil Lightning

15 years, naive and awkward

 Trying everything to get you to notice me

 I fell hard, a school girl crush

For you, a traveling stranger

But you were just passing through

 And I was just growing up

I didn’t know then what was to be

 I had no clue about the real you

Your eyes, anvil lightning

 Tore a bolt, shook the earth,

Sparked a flame in me

17 years, spent my summer in your snow

Finding any excuse to walk past your door

 That night we sat there, a little too close to the fire

Both thinking if we start can we stop?

But I was just passing through

And I was still growing up

I didn’t know then what was to be

 I had no clue about the real you

Your eyes, anvil lightning

 Tore a bolt, shook the earth,

Sparked a flame in me

19 years, left my home for Sydney

And there you were under those nightclub lights

 I longed for a kiss, 4 years in the making

Found myself tangled in your arms

But you were just passing through

I still had so much growing to do

I didn’t know then what was to be

 I had no clue about the real you

Your eyes, anvil lightning

 Tore a bolt, shook the earth,

Sparked a flame in me

21 years, hopeful and flying

 Over to you, holding onto our kiss

 But I fell for, your lies not a promise

Wound up all alone in Edinburgh

Guess I was just passing through

And you were still growing up

I didn’t know then what was to be

 I had no clue about the real you

Your eyes, anvil lightning

 Tore a bolt, shook the earth,

Sparked a flame, a flame in me