Hazlett: “I wrote this song after a night in Croatia with my then girlfriend. We bought some cheap fireworks from the corner store and set them off a rooftop after dinner. It was bittersweet, they made magic look so easy and all I wanted was for her to look at me like that. But I think if you have i...
[Verse 1]
End of the rope
This heart's closed
Thundering hopes
Tear-jerk notes I've written
All my life
Waitin' for a change to come
All my life
Waitin', waitin'
[Chorus]
We could rise forever
But it won't matter
We could rise forever
Burn into matter, matter
And I can't give you fireworks
And I can't give you fireworks
[Verse 2]
Scent and the haze
Fallouts fade
Gone are the days
Where I burn myself, wasting
All my life
Praying for a change to come
All my life
Waitin', waitin'
[Chorus]
We could rise forever
But it won't matter
We could rise forever
Burn into matter, matter
And I can't give you fireworks
And I can't give you fireworks
I can't give you fireworks
And I can't give you fireworks
[Bridge]
Ooooooh-oh, oh-oh
Ooooooh-oh, oh oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
[Outro]
We could rise forever
But it won't matter
We could rise forever
Burn into matter, matter
I can't give you fireworks
(I can't give you fireworks)
I can't give you fireworks
(Oooh-oh, oh-oh)