Some Fires

There is comfort you do not grow out of, shoes you cannot replace

Birthdays you always look back on, goodbyes you cannot erase

There are memories you never go back to, and those where you always return

There are fires you have to keep tending, and those that just know how to burn

There's a walk you wish never ended, a friendship you wish never changed

Hopes you wish they'd hold onto, adjustments you just can't arrange

There's a summer perfect and golden, when the young and the foolish don't know

There are torches you have to carry, and those that will follow wherever you go

But a life doesn't go where you lead it, adventures don't do what they're told

And i don't know the reason, why i push myself out in the cold

So find me an answer to the bump in the night, why some love won't let you alone

Some fires go out when you leave them, some keep burning all on their own

There are memories you never go back to, and those where you always return

There are fires you have to keep tending, and those that just know how to burn