Burning

We play these parlour games, we play at make believe

When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave

Everybody loves a happy ending, but we don't even try

We go straight past pretending to the part where everybody loves to cry



Indoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers

Indoor fireworks

We swore we were safe as houses

They're not so spectacular

They don't burn up in the sky

But they can dazzle or delight

Or bring a tear

When the smoke gets in your eyes



You were the spice of life, the gin in my vermouth

And though the sparks would fly, I thought our love was fireproof

Sometimes we'd fight in public, darling, with very little cause

But different kinds of sparks would fly when we got on our own behind closed doors



Indoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers

Indoor fireworks

We swore we were safe as houses

They're not so spectacular

They don't burn up in the sky

But they can dazzle or delight

Or bring a tear

When the smoke gets in your eyes



It's time to tell the truth, these things have to be faced

My fuse is burning out and all that powder's gone to waste

Don't think for a moment, dear, that we'll ever be through

I'll build a bonfire of my dreams and burn a broken effigy of me and you



Indoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers

Indoor fireworks

We swore we were safe as houses

They're not so spectacular

They don't burn up in the sky

But they can dazzle or delight

Or bring a tear

When the smoke gets in your eyes