A Match in the Rain

You lit me up like a backroom bet

I laughed like a man with a noose 'round his neck

The jukebox died when you walked past the bar

But I swore I saw lightning behind your scars

We kissed like thieves in a burning shed

Smoke in our lungs, nowhere to tread

You said don't blink — then the match went black

But the burn on my chest still pulls me back

It was a match in the rain

Too hot to stay

It danced on my skin

Then ran away

But the scar still glows

In the back of my brain

Like a brand I don't show

Like a match in the rain

Your boots hit the street, the cab didn't wait

You left me humming our song to the gate

Truth ain't clean, and love ain't tame

And the silence you gave still shouts my name

It was a match in the rain

A flicker too fast

But it lit up the night

Like a first and last

Still I walk with that heat

Like a chain on my name

It don't spark no more

But it's still a flame

Yeah, a match in the rain

But I feel it again