Frost on the Wire

Midnight is humming on the telephone pole
A cool blue static climbing up my sleeve
You say you want the fire back inside my soul
Then pack your bags and dare me not to leave

There's a winter creeping through the dashboard vents
While the engine's screaming at the redline speed
You sell me mercy like an accident
And turn your back on everything I need

Frost on the wire, lightning in the blood
You built a fortress where a garden stood
Tell me I'm reckless, tell me I'm cruel
I'd rather burn up than freeze like a fool
Touch me and shatter or step in the fire
There is no middle ground, just frost on the wire

Your leather jacket smells of cheap perfume
And thirty promises you left to rot
You bring a blizzard to a crowded room
And wonder why the fever got so hot

I won't apologize for breathing loud
I won't go quiet just to keep you sweet
You look so lonely when you're looking proud
Standing so tall on an empty street

Frost on the wire, lightning in the blood
You built a fortress where a garden stood
Tell me I'm reckless, tell me I'm cruel
I'd rather burn up than freeze like a fool
Touch me and shatter or step in the fire
There is no middle ground, just frost on the wire

Ice in your voice when you say my name
Gasoline tears in the pouring rain
If you want the heat then you pay the cost
You can't keep warm with your fingers crossed

Frost on the wire, lightning in the blood
You built a fortress where a garden stood
Tell me I'm reckless, tell me I'm cruel
I'd rather burn up than freeze like a fool
Touch me and shatter or step in the fire
There is no middle ground, just frost on the wire

Frost on the wire
Watch it burn down to the wire
Touch me and shatter
Step in the fire