Summer on Fire

You lean against your Mustang door Cigarette between your fingers The sunset spills across the hood Like something that still lingers I know the way this story ends I’ve read it in your eyes You were never built for forever You were built for long goodbyes And I tell myself it’s reckless But reckless feels like home You say we’re only passing through I know you won’t stay long We’re just a summer on fire Burning fast and bright You hold me like a secret You won’t keep past tonight We’re just a summer on fire No future in the frame But I would rather feel it Than never play the game Your radio plays old love songs From somewhere in the past You kiss me like you’re leaving Before the moment’s had a chance I trace the lines across your hands Like I can read the truth You were never meant to stay You were always passing through And I pretend I don’t see it The way you look at the road Like every mile between us Is one you’ve always known We’re just a summer on fire Ashes in the wind You love me like a temporary Kind of sin We’re just a summer on fire Beautiful and wrong I knew it from the first night You were never mine for long Maybe I like the danger The way it never stays Maybe I fall for broken things That always slip away You say you don’t believe in fate But fate believes in you And every road you’ve ever taken Ends with something new We’re just a summer on fire Flickering in the dark You leave before the morning Like a half-finished spark We’re just a summer on fire And I knew from the start Some loves aren’t meant to last They’re just meant to leave a mark