Ready

Proof in the past - found like an old note There between the lines, there's something I know I know I could tear up now but the feeling's already taken hold The emptiness has got me by the throat Saying oh come on strike that match Over a field of pain and a brittle past Like a call in the night from a rotary phone Through the static on the line, the voice says "I know you know" I could hang it up now but the feeling's already taken hold The voice on the line reminds me of my own Saying oh come on strike that match Over a field of pain and a brittle past I was ready The fire in my mind it was spreading I was willing to burn down this house we had built And I swore I would take this all with me I was ready Now the fire in my heart and my belly I was willing to burn every bridge we had built And I swore I could take this whole city I kept having this dream where darkness circled me and I couldn't talk I curled up and waited for help for so long no one ever showed up That same hollow feeling set in just like back when I was a kid The nights went away with the days but that darkness never did Saying oh come on light that spark Over a dying hope and a brittle heart I was ready The fire in my mind - it was spreading I was willing to burn down this house we had built And I swore I would take this all with me I was ready Now the fire in my heart and my belly I was willing to burn every bridge we had built And I swore I would take this whole city Then a kind woman came to me To save me from myself and rewrote the dream Like a mother, a sister a friend Spoke softly And said "you can't quench a fire by soaking it with gasoline You can't quench a fire by soaking it with gasoline" Nobody sang, no hallelujah Just the static on the line And a light that slowly shines and passes through us Nobody sang, no rousing chorus Just the past we leave behind And the light that softly shines before us, before us