Fear The Fire

(album: Basic Glitches - 2020)

Got these bones in my knees crying out for relief
I was 6 years old, even then I felt the heat from you
You know I tried to tame myself for you
And you might not believe it but I
Test myself, thought about the apocalypse
Crushed my health while my trust turned to rust in you
I prayed away myself for you

We don't fear the fire
And we don't need your ceremony
Sacramental matrimony
We don't fear the fire
And we don't need permission slips
Your vaccinized evangelists hey
Had a dream that you watched me die
You lit the cigarette that burned me alive
So give my best to the 99
We don't fear the fire

I was birthed headfirst
Into shame into flame like a
Curse burning my wonder into waste for you
You knew I ran away just like I do
And all that lingers are these
Teenage blood pact promises we made
They sink like fangs into me when I think of you
I threw away the best parts of me for you

We don't fear the fire
And we don't need your ceremony
Sacramental matrimony
We don't fear the fire
And we don't need permission slips
Your vaccinized evangelists hey
Had a dream that you watched me die
You lit the cigarette that burned me alive
So give my best to the 99
We don't fear the fire

Gloomy organ music will tell us all to pay respects
What if your certainty isn't currency for whatever happens next?

We don't fear the fire
And we don't need your ceremony
Sacramental matrimony
We don't fear the fire
And we don't need permission slips
Your vaccinized evangelists hey
Had a dream that you watched me die
You lit the cigarette that burned me alive
So give my best to the 99
We don't fear the fire