Eight Years on Fire
v4
@Vincent Potgieter
Eight Years on Fire
v4
@Vincent Potgieter
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Coffee cup
Still on your side
Lipstick ring
From the old life
Eight years of photos
Facing the wall
Your sweater on my chair
Like it might call
[Pre-Chorus]
I used to know every shade of your silence
Now every quiet room feels violent
[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I trusted
Turned out to be lies
You said forever
With your hand in mine
Eight years on fire
Ashes on the tiles
[Verse 2]
Password changed
Phone face down
Half-smile
Half-truth
You slipped out of town
I found the messages
Buried in your name
Every little “baby”
Spelled out my shame
[Pre-Chorus]
How many times did you kiss me
Deciding
To keep a secret flame still hiding
[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I trusted
Turned out to be lies
You said forever
With your hand in mine
Eight years on fire
Ashes on the tiles
[Bridge]
Wedding dress boxed
In the back of the closet
I thought it meant promise
You treated it as option
I gave you my mornings
You gave me your maybe
You walked away clean
Left me here crazy (oh)
[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I wanted
Thrown off to the side
You said forever
Looking in my eyes
Eight years on fire
Eight years
And you lied
[Outro]
I take off my ring
Set it down by the sink
It circles in porcelain
Like it’s trying to think
Was it ever real
Or a story you wrote
I’m standing in the ruins
Still tasting your smoke
Coffee cup
Still on your side
Lipstick ring
From the old life
Eight years of photos
Facing the wall
Your sweater on my chair
Like it might call
[Pre-Chorus]
I used to know every shade of your silence
Now every quiet room feels violent
[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I trusted
Turned out to be lies
You said forever
With your hand in mine
Eight years on fire
Ashes on the tiles
[Verse 2]
Password changed
Phone face down
Half-smile
Half-truth
You slipped out of town
I found the messages
Buried in your name
Every little “baby”
Spelled out my shame
[Pre-Chorus]
How many times did you kiss me
Deciding
To keep a secret flame still hiding
[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I trusted
Turned out to be lies
You said forever
With your hand in mine
Eight years on fire
Ashes on the tiles
[Bridge]
Wedding dress boxed
In the back of the closet
I thought it meant promise
You treated it as option
I gave you my mornings
You gave me your maybe
You walked away clean
Left me here crazy (oh)
[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I wanted
Thrown off to the side
You said forever
Looking in my eyes
Eight years on fire
Eight years
And you lied
[Outro]
I take off my ring
Set it down by the sink
It circles in porcelain
Like it’s trying to think
Was it ever real
Or a story you wrote
I’m standing in the ruins
Still tasting your smoke
Style of Music
Slow-burning indie ballad with male vocals, close-mic’d and intimate. Fingerpicked acoustic guitar and soft piano carry the verses; a low, distant kick and warm bass swell into the choruses. Subtle string pads bloom on the hook for emotional lift, plus a few ghostly backing harmonies on key lines. Final chorus pulls back to almost a whisper, then ends on a bare guitar chord hanging in space.
