Cigarette Fireworks

Beneath the downpour
I breathed the rain jacket smell
As I reached into my pockets
I touched the crumpled papers
Under the tiny fragments
I felt the stitch repair

I was still
Looking for traces of you there

Driving down the highway
I could taste the sweat of leather
As I watched the rows of scarlet
I bathed within their light
I saw the violet sparkle
Strike out the single line

I could dream
That you were mine

My head
Right in the back of my head
The words
We should have said
The words
We should have said
The lives we could have led

Through the crooked window
I saw the cigarette flying
As it touched upon the road
I saw the firework explode
Sending out radiant bands
As it cracked upon the land
I'd give anything
To hold it in my hands

My head
Right in the back of my head
The words
We should have said
The words
We should have said
The lives we could have led