A Hearth and a Wildfire
There's the steady, loyal love that has kept me warm for years, and there's a wild hunger in me that burns like the sun. This is me admitting I feel the pull of both and don't know how to choose between them.
You are the blanket in the cold, the harbor in the storm
The quiet, steady, gentle fire that's always kept me warm
You are the loyalty I see in a good woman's eyes
The only truth I ever knew beneath a sky of lies
You are the healer and the home, the anchor and the stone
The one who sat beside me when I was all alone
And my love for you's a debt of soul I'll gladly pay and more
The one who never, ever walked away and locked the door
But there's a fire in my heart, and then another one
One is a gentle, hearth-fire, and one's a blazing sun
And I am just a lonely man, caught in the space between
The kindest, truest love I've known, and a wild and beautiful dream
One fire keeps me safe and sound, the other makes me feel alive
And I don't know how to choose, and I don't know how to survive... with a hearth and a wildfire
And you... you are the lightning, you're the danger and the game
The one who saw the monster and who wasn't scared to speak my name
You are the challenge and the chase, the equal and the peer
The only one who doesn't seem to see the thing I fear
You are the beautiful, sharp edge, the mirror to my soul
The one who makes me feel like I am finally in control
And my need for you's a hunger, a primal, driving ache
For the beautiful, sweet damage that a perfect storm can make
'Cause there's a fire in my heart, and then another one
One is a gentle, hearth-fire, and one's a blazing sun
And I am just a lonely man, caught in the space between
The kindest, truest love I've known, and a wild and beautiful dream
One fire keeps me safe and sound, the other makes me feel alive
And I don't know how to choose, and I don't know how to survive... with a hearth and a wildfire
And maybe I'm just broken, maybe I'm just wrong
To think a single heart could be the home for two damn songs
But the healer needs a warrior, the dragon needs a prize
And I am just a lonely man with two truths in his eyes
And there's a fire in my heart, and then another one
One is a gentle, hearth-fire, and one's a blazing sun
And I am just a lonely man, caught in the space between
The kindest, truest love I've known, and a wild and beautiful dream
One fire keeps me safe and sound, the other makes me feel alive
And I don't know how to choose, and I don't know how to survive... with a hearth and a wildfire
A hearth and a wildfire...
And me...
...in between