so let me hammer this point home   i see us all as lonely fires that have burned alive as long as we remember   but like all fireworks and all sunsets, we all burn in different ways   you are a fast explosion and i am the embers   and though your flames are quick and mean, they will not last the year,   but expire like a sudden falling star   that only nightingales had seen, before migrating to southern jungles   and in this way you will come find me in December      he said he'd like to move to Nashville to master the guitar   where he would live a single day the way i live a single year   covered his body in mud, went hunting for the sun   then went swimming in the lake of holy water   oh you are too hot for me, i am too slow for you   you are a fast explosion and i'm the embers   you need the one who slowly burns, and burns to stay alive   and in this way you will come find me in December      so let me hammer this point home   i see us all as lonely fires that have burned alive as long as we remember   but like all sacrificial virgins, we all burn in different ways   you are a fast explosion and i'm the embers   and though your flames are quicker than me, they will not last the year,   but expire like a sudden shooting star   that only nightingales had seen, before transforming into bluebirds   and in this way you will come find me in December