Coals and Ashes

It burns her through To the bone Every love She has known All she ever knew Into coals Coals and ashes What she wants the most Carried off in smoke Into coals Coals and ashes An ember finds its home Pick the lock somebody let the matchstick man in Saying what you want, what you want won't mind him Tell you what you need, what you need's familiar Blood like a snake, gonna make you shiver Some smooth talk comes offering silver Some will only be half mad When a light is pure, how does it burn down, growing numb and flatten out? Into coals Coals and ashes It's the way she knows So it always goes Into coals Coals and ashes But it keeps her warm, you know