Slow Fuse Burning Fast

Verse 1

You came walking in at midnight

Rain dripping from your coat

Set that key down on the table

Said, "There's something you should know"

Lord, the way you held that silence

Told me more than words could say

You had one foot through the doorway

Before the morning drove the night away

Pre-Chorus

We'd been feeding that old trouble

Every day and every night

By the time we tried to cool it

It was way too hot to fight

Chorus

Slow fuse burning fast

Years of silence, one last match

We took forever getting here

Now it's over just like that

Slow fuse burning fast

Too much fire to turn it back

You can run from what we had

But the damage always lasts

Guitar Turnaround

Verse 2

Sun came creeping through the curtains

Found your cup beside the phone

Driveway lying bare and empty

Told me I was there alone

I could taste the bitter ending

Feel it settling down within

Ain't it funny how goodbye

Makes you pay for where you've been

Pre-Chorus

We'd been feeding that old trouble

Every day and every night

By the time we tried to cool it

It was way too hot to fight

Final Chorus

Slow fuse burning fast

Years of silence, one last match

We took forever getting here

Now it's over just like that

Slow fuse burning fast

Too much fire to turn it back

You can run from what we had

But the damage always lasts