Memories of Flame

from New England Wind by Straw Man Standing

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one look in those coals and I clearly see
you're the embers extinguished of what was once me
you're a fire that roared in a bygone time
completely I'd forgotten that you were once mine

cuz the pain that scars is the one you don't feel
and the train that you wreck is the one you didn't hear
and the love that I lent you will never return
but before mine own eyes those old embers burn

i loved you more than i bargained for
let’s close this door and bury this war
i loved you more than i bargained for
let's bury this war

the candle’s not burning, the wick is too wet
but the memories of flame mean that i can’t forget
was it all an illusion and the house has burned down
the wax melted off the table and into the ground

i loved you more than i bargained for
let’s close this door and bury this war
i loved you more than i bargained for
let's bury this war

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from New England Wind, released November 15, 2016

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