Fire (Second Person)

I used to play with matches When I was very small Legends of wolves and witches I memorised them all So many nasty stitches So many jagged blades I tidied up the pieces I tried to mend my ways But he came right out of nowhere Like an unfamiliar tune Sat down upon my armchair And opened up my wounds I put up no resistance So insistent was desire But one of my addictions is I used to play with fire Do you Do you have a light Do you have the time of day Would you Would you save a life If you had a life to save How sweetly we collided Just like two meteors For days he did as I did Mixed drinks and metaphors Oh so much phosphorescence We added spark to spark I should have learnt my lesson Already broke my heart And I said Do you Do you have a light Do you have the time of day Would you Lend your light to mine Do you want to come and play I engineered the chaos I burnt the fortress down Who knew about the lives lost Who took a body count In my act of supplication I asked him for his help But I was an imposition I had to ask myself I had to ask myself Do you Do you have a light Do you have the time of day Would you Would you save a life If you had a life to save To save