Burn

I want to burn your fingernails and stray hair

I want your eye lashes incinerated 

And your smile needs to dissolve into ashe 

Pearly eyes can only be appreciated in soot 

Your abdomen must burn so you can be skinny 

Churning out the conflagration that is your life 

I want to watch it burn 

You tell me that I just want to watch the world burn 

No, just you. So burn for me 

I want you to become her best friend 

And then she'll catch you with me 

She'll finally know what it means 

to be burned

A brand on your left arm 

That sizzles in sync with each tear you let out 

I want to watch it burn 

You tell me that I just want to watch the world burn. 

No, just you. So burn for me 

All this fire was too much 

so I took a backseat to the passion 

But then she bent over and I knew 

The fire that had lit burned me

No respite in sight, I ran after her

Hoping she'd get caught in my inferno 

I want to watch it burn 

You tell me that I just want to watch the world burn 

No, just you. So burn for me 

I don't want to be aware, so I decided to burn 

And with each gram I drifted away 

Waiting for the eventual procession 

No legacy to be left on this earth 

Instead she wanted to burn

I want to watch it burn 

You tell me that I just want to watch the world burn 

No, just you. So burn for me 

You will be California in the summer 

You will be the Bronx in the 1970s 

You will be a false idol outside San Francisco

You will be my fire 

I want to watch it burn 

So burn for me