I was up late last night, talking to the fire Shadows danced across my page Light it steals the air, and the truth comes with it With a crackling hiss she said to me Boy, quit your games, we know their ways Like me, they live to mmm And pay no mind to the cold in all they say People son, they fear an open flame But they'll learn your name She claps hot at me, but I don't mind I live to feel, sometimes just don't feel the living Lips that kiss can turn a beating heart to stone And she can suffocate me Oh, quit your games, we know their ways Like me, they live to mmm And pay no mind to the cold in all they say People son, they fear an open flame But don't nobody want the truth here anymore Waving flags with hollow hearts And we can't hear above the shouts, the idle roar How's anybody gonna know my name How's anybody gonna know my name I was up late last night, talking to the fire Shadows danced across my page Oh, quit your games, we know their ways Like me, they live to mmm And pay no mind to the cold in all they say People son, they fear an open flame