The Great Fire

by Future Islands

From the album: On the Water

Track 3 of 10 on On the Water (2011).

Duration: 3:15

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Lyrics for The Great Fire

I can't ask you now But if I could I'd say the same And I can't be the wound You wear to sleep Always And I can't watch you dream Beside a fire You made to leave But if you let me be there again If you let me be there again If you let me be there again I'll be still Won't say a word And I will wait tonight Along a pier Alone in light And I will wait in sight For you to call In purple night But I can't watch you dream Beside a fire You made to leave But if you let me be there again If you let me be there again If you let me be there again I'll be still Won't say a word If you let me be there again I'll be still Won't say a word

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More from On the Water

  1. On the Water
  2. Before the Bridge
  3. The Great Fire
  4. Open
  5. Where I Found You
  6. Give Us the Wind
  7. Close to None
  8. Balance
  9. Tybee Island
  10. Grease