I Can’t Write Words (on flame or fire)
© Gary Orphey
(V1)
I don’t know how it happened
But slowly we turned out the lights
What was a love burning brightly
Became the darkness of the night
We burned both ends of the candle
Working hard to have it all
The one thing we should have done
Was take time to stop loves fall
(Pre-Chorus)
Feeling helpless at this moment,
Words are not enough it’s true
To mend the bridges burned;
These things I cannot do:
(Chorus)
I can’t write words on flame or fire
Write words on the face of the Moon
Though my name was written on your heart
From the first moment I met you
What is a moon with no sea to shine on?
Where does a river flow but to the sea?
What is a sea with no shore to go to?
Or a lover’s kiss with no place to be?
(Instrumental bridge)
(V2)
We can’t light loves candle anymore
The flames that were now are gone
You were my candle in the window
Now it’s dark even after dawn
You told me we were forever
As long as rivers run to the sea
I had no reason to doubt you
Whatever happened to you and me?
(Pre-Chorus)
Feeling helpless at this moment,
Words are not enough it’s true
To mend the bridges burned;
These things I cannot do:
(Chorus)
I can’t write words on flame or fire
Write words on the face of the Moon
Though my name was written on your heart
From the first moment I met you
What is a moon with no sea to shine on?
Where does a river flow but to the sea?
What is a sea with no shore to go to?
Or a lover’s kiss with no place to be?
(4 bar guitar lead in)
(Outro) ~ spoken
What has a candle to shine on,
Unless it is you holding me?
