I’m afraid of the space where you suffer/Where you sit in the smoke and the burn/I can’t handle the choke or the danger/Of my own foolish, inadequate words/I’ll be right outside if you need me/Right outside//What can I bring to your fire?/Shall I sing while the roof is coming down?/Can I hold you while the flames grow higher,/Shall I brave the heat and come close with you now?/Can I come close now?//So we left you to fight your own battle/And you buried your hope with your faith/’Cause you heard no song of deliverance/There on the nights that followed the wake/We never though to go with you/Afraid to ask// What can I bring to your fire?/Shall I sing while the roof is coming down?/Can I hold you while the flames grow higher,/Shall I brave the heat and come close with you now?/Can I come close now?//Lay down our plans/Lay down the sure-fire fix/Grief’s gonna stay awhile,/There is no cure for this/We watch for return,/We speak what we’ve heard/We sit together, in the burn// What can I bring to your fire?/Shall I sing while the roof is coming down?/Can I hold you while the flames grow higher,/Shall I brave the heat and come close with you now?/Can I come close now?
