If I Am A Candle, You Are A Spark

Surrounded by light in a bar by the seaside
I decided to play the cards hid up my sleeve
A string of goodbyes and a gaping divide
Cut the things that I want from the things that I need
Forget what you know about me
I’ll write songs in a major key
So tune your antennae
We’re notes in a symphony
A man needs a muse like the forest needs fire
Or a river needs floods to help it change its path
You’re no good for me, but I swear you could be
Like a rain-check, a friendship, a shot in the dark
Forget what you know about me
I’ll write songs in a major key
So tune your antennae
We’re notes in a symphony
You learn when your life is a string of goodbyes
That the further you wander the fonder you are
There’s a quotable phrase running ‘round in my brain
Says «If I am a candle, then you are a spark»