It is love's fires in which we burn
We are as ash within its wake
For the soul weeps in its flame

I loved someone once, long ago
But I left them, for both our sake
It is love's fires in which we burn

Only now do I truly know
How love makes hearts retch, swell and break
For the soul weeps in its flame

But when the fire must die and go
It leaves a thirst we cannot slake
It is love's fires in which we burn

Love must be kindled, kind and slow
Tempered by conscious thought we make
For the soul weeps in its flame

If left unchecked, a wild inferno
Shall devour our lives, everything take
It is love's fires in which we burn
For the soul weeps in its flame