This Fire from Closing Calls by Matthew McLaughlin

Pull the moon to the ground
And your hands to ears to stop the sound
Of your hands on your knees on the ground

Smoke the fire from the day
And watch yourself as you waste away
On your two semesters that you spent away

You hide the lies
And the friends that you all threw aside
When in your heart you know

The times you tried
To help yourself and help your mind
You just fell down that way
You pushed us away

Does it help you to see
All the hospitals ‘cause it sure scares me?
Laura can’t you see?
When suspicion starts by word of mouth
When you give up, when your heart gives out
You won’t be left alone

But you’re home tonight
But the minute’s gone and you’re back to fighting this fire

Dear look forward
To deep blue skies and sunny shores
To golden hair drenched by rays
By the burning sun on summer days
To making out with your boyfriend in the haze
And to crowded rooms on starlit nights
Full of friends and pale moonlight
We cry ourselves to sleep to feel this right

But you’re home tonight
But the minute’s gone and you’re back to fighting this fire

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