Your love’s out of reach, but it lingers in my veins,
A fleeting kind of fire that I’m chasing through the rain.
The streetlights hum soft, like they’re calling your name,
Each flicker a pull to your flame.
Close enough to touch, but a world out of sight,
Still, I’m drawn to your glow in the dead of the night.
“Eloise,” I whisper. “My sweet, darling Eloise.”
She turns her head, finding me in the crowd as she belts out the chorus, and it takes everything in me not to charge up there and wrap her in my arms.
Oh, my heart’s a fading ember glow,
Burning for love that I’m desperate to know.
I’m reaching through want, through the ache, through the blur,
Desperate for comfort, what I wish that we were.
Eloise turns back to the piano, her voice softening as she transitions into the next verse.
I’m tethered to longing, a fire that won’t fade,
Desperate to reach you through walls you’ve made.
I’d trade all my sound for one word from you,
To hold your silence, clear out the blue.
I’m outside your walls, where the quiet cuts deep,
Your eyes hold a prison where dreams go to sleep.
You’re out there, you’re lonely, and I’m full of need,
Hurt with a feeling that’s too raw to bleed.
Oh, my heart’s a fading ember glow,
Burning for love that I’m desperate to know.
I’m reaching through want, through the ache, through the blur,
Desperate for comfort, what I wish that we were.
She looks up, her eyes shining as she plays the last set of chords, voice low and trembling—close to tears. It’s raw, beautiful, and fills me with so much pride, I’m sure to burst.
So I’ll sit by the fire till the heat burns within
Whisper your name, watch the colors turn dim
Desire’s a cruel ghost, keeps me warm, keeps me cursed,
I need you like water, but I’m drowning in thirst.
