I'm A Volcano

Ash on my sneakers

Sky turning rust

Cracks in the driveway

Breathing up dust

You said it's nothing

Just a bad dream

But the floorboards tremble

Under our feet

I'm a volcano

Holding a mountain of words I don't say

Molten in my throat

All of the things that could burn you away

Stand at my crater

You wanna see what's under this stone?

Careful

Come closer

One more push and I'll blow

Coffee gone bitter

Mugs chipped and gray

We talk in half-sentences

Then look away

You light a candle

On the kitchen chair

Wax drips slow

Like the anger in the air

I'm a volcano

Holding a mountain of words I don't say

Molten in my throat

All of the things that could burn you away

Stand at my crater

You wanna see what's under this stone?

Careful

Come closer

One more push and I'll blow

I don't wanna scorch you

I don't wanna scorch me too

But pressure keeps building

What else can it do? (hey)

I'm a volcano

Holding a mountain of words I don't say

Molten in my throat

All of the hurt that I hide in the glow

Stand at my crater

You wanna see what's under this stone?

Say that you'll stay here

When I finally blow