book of matches

i need you to stand with me
outside of this burning building
and watch it collapse to the ground
into a pile of ashes.

let everything in side go up in flames
i dont give a fuck about the pictures
of old lovers or letters or things.

ive got you by my side as we witness
the pain of watching an entire life
burn before us at three thousand degrees.

i can feel the heat and its energy
both burn and suck the life and love
right out of me. i can feel the misery
turn into peace and burn the suffering.

let us watch this tragedy
unfold until spring
than please baby, please,
come and run away with me.