Firecracker

your brand of choice is flying off the shelf
you might've stood in line to pay for yourself
the same bottle rockets that everyone launches
a slow explosion has you in its clutches
by day you sit in your cube and dream where you'll blow up
by night i am watching the wick as it burns up

oh oh oh

where are the guidelines to lead you to the sky
where is the warning about flying too high
LIGHTING INDOORS WILL PRODUCE STARTLING RESULTS
DANGER: FLAME WITH LOUD REPORT
BEST SPARKLE WILL BE BURNING FLESH
CAUTION: SHINY BRIGHT, HOT
DO NOT POINT TO EYE
DO NOT WAVE NEAR FACE
KEEP AWAY ALL HAIR

oh oh oh

you know
you glow like firecrackers
you burn roman candles
at both ends
too hot to handle
you send the shuttle up
set to self-destruct

if you love me, so what? does that mean
throwing sparks like there's no tomorrow
pop pop pop til the stars go out
while a pretty face turns into a trace
a falling opportunity you'll never take
so just face it
and fake it
you know everyone else is faking it
everybody else is just taking it

oh oh oh

you know
you glow like firecrackers
you burn roman candles
at both ends
then descend
you send the shuttle up
set to self-destruct